The use of a carbon fiber plate for periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fractures

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 320-324

  Al Shawi, A K ^a   Smith, S P ^a   Anderson, G H ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber plate; Fractures around the knee; Periprosthetic femoral fractures; Supracondylar femoral fractures

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0036219735     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2002.30291     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Epidemiology: Hip and knee
2. The results of treatment of supracondylar fracture above total knee arthroplasty
3. Periprosthetic fractures of the femur complicating total knee arthroplasty
4. Supracondylar fracture of the femur associated with polyethylene wear after total knee arthroplasty: A case report
5. Classification of periprosthetic fractures complicating total knee arthroplasty
6. Periprosthetic fractures
7. Carbon fibre composite bone plates
8. The use of semi-rigid carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic plates for fixation of human fractures
9. Carbon fibre reinforced epoxy as a high strength, low modulus material for internal fixation plates
10. The use of carbon fibre in human implants: The state of the art
11. Carbon-fibre reinforced plates for problem fractures
12. Fractures of the distal femur in the elderly treated with a carbon fibre supracondylar plate