Titanium Plate Fixation: A Review of Implant Failures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 389-394

  Banovetz, James M ^a   Sharp, Robert ^a   Probe, Robert A ^b   Anglen, Jeffrey O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c M562 Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Implant failure; Limited contact dynamic compression plate; Titanium

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

EID: 0029682025     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199608000-00005     Document Type: Review

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