Improving the distal fixation of intramedullary nails in osteoporotic bone

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 88-90

  Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Kauffman, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nailing; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; ORTHOPEDICS; SCREWS;

DISTAL FIXATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

FRACTURE FIXATION;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOPOROSIS;

BONE NAILS; CADAVER; EPIPHYSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0030795399     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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