New tension band material for fixation of transverse olecranon fractures: A biomechanical study

Orthopedics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1191-1194

  Lalonde Jr , James Allen ^a   Rabalais, R David ^a   Mansour, Alfred ^a   Burger, Evalina L ^a   Riemer, Barry L ^a   Lu, Yun ^a   Baratta, Richard V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSTEOTOMY; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; ELBOW; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 27744469408     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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