Intramedullary nails with two lag screws

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 519-525

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

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Trauma SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ORTHOPEDICS; SCREWS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

INTRAMEDULLARY; LAG SCREWS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

FASTENERS;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2942527676     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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