Intramedullary nails: Some design features of the distal end

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 789-794

  Wang, C J ^a   Brown, C J ^a   Yettram, A L ^a   Procter, P ^a,b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Trauma SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fractured femur; Intramedullary nails; Proximal femoral nails

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTACT STRESS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE NAIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

BONE NAILS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642510943     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(03)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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