Mechanical Comparison of a Distal Femoral Side Plate and a Retrograde Intramedullary Nail

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 398-404

  Meyer, Robert W ^a   Plaxton, Nicholas A ^b   Postak, Paul D ^b   Gilmore, Allison ^c   Froimson, Mark I ^d   Greenwald, A Seth ^b  

^a Finger Lakes Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b Lutheran Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Femur; Fixation; Fracture; Supracondylar

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034252016     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200008000-00004     Document Type: Review

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