Modified tibial nails for treating distal tibia fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-22

  Gorczyca, John T ^a   McKale, James ^a   Pugh, Kevin ^a   Pienkowski, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fracture; Intramedullary nailing; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LABORATORY TEST; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MACHINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TORSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0036142402     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200201000-00004     Document Type: Article

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