Intramedullary nailing in humeral shaft fractures. Mechanical behavior in vitro after osteosynthesis with three different intramedullary nails

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 554-556

  Molster A ^a   Gjerdet, Nils R ^b   Strand, Rolf M ^a   Hole, Randi M ^a   Hove, Leiv M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Institute of Odontology Dental Biomaterials   (Norway)

Author keywords

Humeral shaft fractures; Intramedullary nailing; Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; TORSION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; ROTATION;

EID: 0035198571     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020100304     Document Type: Article

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