Percutaneous pinning of proximal humerus fractures: A biomechanical study

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1073-1076

  Naidu, Sanjiv H ^a,b,c   Bixler, Brian ^a   Capo, John T ^a   Moulton, Mark J R ^a   Radin, Alex ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TORSION;

EID: 0030712396     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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