First clinical results of the Locking Compression Plate (LCP)

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Sommer, Christoph ^a   Gautier, Emanuel ^b   Müller, Matthias ^c   Helfet, David L ^d   Wagner, Michael ^e  

^a KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^c AO Center   (Switzerland)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^e WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angular stability; Complication; First clinical results; Fracture; LCP; Non union

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142230911     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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