The unstable iliac fracture: A biomechanical evaluation of internal fixation

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 469-475

  Simonian, Peter T ^a,b   Routt Jr , M L Chip ^a   Harrington, Richard M ^a   Tencer, Allan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC BONE; ILIAC CREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; ILIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031466710     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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