The Medoff sliding plate and a standard sliding hip screw for unstable intertrochanteric fractures. A mechanical comparison in cadaver femurs

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-272

  Olsson, Ola ^a   Kummer, Frederick J ^b   Ceder, Leif ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^b   Larsson, Sune ^c   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^b  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICS; PLATE FIXATION;

EID: 0031872488     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679809000927     Document Type: Article

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