Plate and screw design in fractures of the hand and wrist

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 445, Issue , 2006, Pages 68-80

  Mudgal, Chaitanya S ^a,b   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL;

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST FRACTURE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; HAND INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS FRACTURES; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

EID: 33646841338     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000205887.04200.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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