Femoral nailing through the trochanter: The reamer pathway indicates a helical nail shape

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Ehmke, Larry W ^a   Polzin, Britton M I ^b   Madey, Stephen M ^a   Bottlang, Michael ^a  

^a Legacy Biomechanics Laboratory   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Geometry; Helix; Nailing; Trochanteric nail

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SENSOR; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURGICAL APPROACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 33751059579     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000247073.79430.87     Document Type: Article

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