Distal Femoral Fixation: A Laboratory Comparison of the 95° Plate, Antegrade and Retrograde Inserted Reamed Intramedullary Nails

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 378-382

  Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Bharam, Srino ^a   Chen, Deyu ^a   Halder, Saptarsi ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Distal femur; Fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; RANDOMIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0029681762     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199608000-00003     Document Type: Review

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