Fatigue strength of locking screws and prototypes used in small-diameter tibial nails: A biomechanical study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 379-384

  Gaebler, Christian ^a   Stanzl Tschegg, Stefanie ^b   Heinze, Georg ^c   Holper, Bernd ^b   Milne, Ted ^d   Berger, Gerald ^f   Vécsei, Vilmos ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^f Department for Trauma Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Diameter; Fatigue limit; Fatigue strength; Material; Notch effect; Solid tibial nails

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0032765465     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199908000-00030     Document Type: Article

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