Internal fixation of oblique metacarpal fractures: A biomechanical evaluation by impact loading

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 325, Issue , 1996, Pages 296-301

  Firoozbakhsh, Keikhosrow K ^a   Moneim, Moheb S ^b   Doherty, William ^b   Naraghi, Fred F ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE;

EID: 0029964136     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199604000-00036     Document Type: Article

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