Fixation considerations in osteoporotic bone fractures

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 376-381

  Cornell, Charles N ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture fixation; Locking plates; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FRICTION; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; METAPHYSIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORQUE;

EID: 33644834725     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000177410.72833.6c     Document Type: Review

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