Supplementary axial Kirschner wire fixation for crescentic and Ludloff proximal metatarsal osteotomies: A biomechanical study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 620-626

  Jung, Hung Geun ^a,b   Guyton, Gregory P ^a,c   Parks, Brent G ^a,c   Title, Craig I ^a,c   Dom, Karl J ^a,c   Nguyen, Augustine ^a,c   Schon, Lew C ^a,c  

^a Dankook University Medical Center ^*

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial kirschner wire fixation; Crescentic osteotomy; Ludloff proximal metatarsal osteotomy; Sagittal plane stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE QUALITY; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRESCENTIC PROXIMAL METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; EQUIPMENT; EXTENSOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STABILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LUDLOFF PROXIMAL METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METATARSAL OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAGITTAL PLANE STABILITY; STUDENT T TEST; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 22844432026     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600808     Document Type: Article

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