Biomechanical evaluation of polylactide absorbable screws used for syndesmosis injury repair

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 622-627

  Thordarson, David B ^a,b   Hedman, Thomas P ^a,b   Gross, Dominic ^a,b   Magre, George ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE INJURY; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TORQUE;

EID: 0030771112     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079701801004     Document Type: Article

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