Central placement of the screw in simulated fractures of the scaphoid waist: A biomechanical study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-77

  McCallister, Wren V ^a   Knight, Jeff ^a   Kaliappan, Robert ^b   Trumble, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTURE; INJURY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAPHOID BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOTOMY; SCAPHOID BONE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037267725     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200301000-00012     Document Type: Article

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