Predicting the Mechanical Outcome of Femoral Neck Fractures Fixed with Cancellous Screws: An in Vivo Study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-37

  Weinrobe, M ^a   Stankewich, C J ^a   Mueller, B ^a   Tencer, Allan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hip fracture; Internal fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346727437     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199801000-00005     Document Type: Article

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