Principle and stability of locking plates

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-24

  Gutwald, Ralf ^a   Alpert, Brian ^b   Schmelzeisen, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Locking system; Mandibular angle fracture; Miniplate; Osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOTOMY;

BONE PLATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOTOMY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037362395     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.52.21     Document Type: Article

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