Effects of nail rigidity on fracture healing. Strength and mineralisation in rat femoral bone

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 7-13

  Utvag S E ^a   Reikeras O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomechanical strength; Fracture healing; Intramedullary nailing; Mineralisation; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; STEEL; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; X RAY FILM;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE NAILS; BONY CALLUS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DIAPHYSES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032444844     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050301     Document Type: Article

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