Development and testing of a new self-locking intramedullary nail system: Testing of handling aspects and mechanical properties

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 617-626

  Knothe, Ulf ^a   Knothe Tate, Melissa L ^b,c   Klaue, Kaj ^d   Perren, Stephan M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^e AO Development Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033847788     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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