Biomechanical comparison of antegrade and retrograde nailing of humeral shaft fracture

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 351, Issue , 1998, Pages 203-213

  Lin, Jinn ^a   Inoue, Nozomu ^a   Valdevit, Antonio ^a   Hang, Yi Shiong ^b   Hou, Sheng Mou ^b   Chao, Edmund Y S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0031781842     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199806000-00025     Document Type: Article

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