Clinical and biomechanical aspects of external fixation of the pelvis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 322-327

  Rieger, Horst ^a   Winckler, S ^a   Wetterkamp, D ^a   Overbeck, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

External fixation; Pelvic ring disruption; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

BONE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SIMULATION; STABILITY;

ACETABULUM; EXTERNAL FIXATION; PELVIC RING DISRUPTION; PELVIS; POSTERIOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STABILITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0030249946     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-0033(96)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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