The olecranon sled - A new device for fixation of fractures of the olecranon: A mechanical comparison of two fixation methods in cadaver elbows

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 440-444

  Dieterich, Jan ^a   Kummer, Frederick ^b   Ceder, Leif ^a  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PROSTHESIS; BRACHIALIS MUSCLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MUSCLE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745524837     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610046370     Document Type: Article

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