A biomechanical analysis of the stability of titanium bone fixation systems in proximal phalangeal fractures

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 473-481

  Prevel, Christopher D ^a,d   Katona, Thomas ^c   Eppley, Barry L ^b   Moore, Keith ^c   McCarty, Michael ^b   Ge, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; TITANIUM; TORSION;

EID: 0029841685     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199611000-00004     Document Type: Article

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