Comparison of Two Headless Screw Designs for Fixation of Capitellum Fractures

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 123-126

  Elkowitz, Stuart J ^a   Kubiak, Erik N ^a   Polatsch, Daniel ^a   Cooper, John ^a   Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITALS; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

COMPRESSION SCREWS; FAILURE LOADS; FIXATION; SCREW DESIGNS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CAPITELLUM FRACTURE; CAPITULUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT STABILITY; OSTEOTOMY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2342553482     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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