Experimental study of the stabilization capability of different external fixators in the upper metaphyseal tibial fractures;Mesure experimentale de la capacite de stabilisation des fractures metaphysaires superieures de jambe par differents types de fixations externes

Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l'Appareil Moteur

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 500-507

  Dujardin, F ^a   Ennedam, J ^a   Daragon, A ^a   Biga, N ^a   Thomine, J M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; BIOMECHANICS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; TIBIA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0029808015     PISSN: 00351040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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