Screw fixation of scaphoid fractures: A biomechanical assessment of screw length and screw augmentation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 405-413

  Dodds, Seth D ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a   Slade III, Joseph F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fracture; Percutaneous; Scaphoid; Screw length; Stability; Wrist

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAPHOID FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRONATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCAPHOID BONE; SUPINATION; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33644653307     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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