Stripping torque as a predictor of successful internal fracture fixation

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1096-1099

  Edwards, Thomas R ^a,b   Tevelen, Greg ^b   English, Hugh ^b   Crawford, Ross ^b  

^a REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture; Internal fixation

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CELL WASHER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FORCE; FRACTURE HEALING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG MOVEMENT; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; REOPERATION; STRENGTH; STRIPPING TORQUE; TORQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE NAIL; EQUIPMENT; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN;

BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; TORQUE;

EID: 33645728262     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03497.x     Document Type: Article

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