Vertical shear fractures of the femoral neck: A biomechanical study

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 367, Issue , 1999, Pages 300-305

  Baitner, Avi C ^a   Maurer, Stephen G ^a   Hickey, Derrick G ^a   Jazrawi, Laith M ^a   Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Jamal, Joseph ^a   Goldman, Sara ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032740849     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199910000-00037     Document Type: Article

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