Biomechanical testing of titanium self-tapping versus pretapped lag screw fixation of spiral metacarpal fractures

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-40

  Prevel, Christopher D ^a,d   Morgan, Robert ^a   Molnar, Joseph ^b   Eppley, Barry L ^c   Moore, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0029945239     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199607000-00006     Document Type: Article

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