A biomechanical comparison of a dorsal 3.5-mm T-plate and a volar fixed-angle plate in a model of dorsally unstable distal radius fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Liporace, Frank A ^a   Gupta, Salil ^a   Jeong, Gerard K ^a   Stracher, Michael ^a   Kummer, Fredrick ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Dorsal plate; Volar plate

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULNA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 16244400503     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200503000-00006     Document Type: Article

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