Biomechanical evaluation of different fixation plates in medial opening upper tibial osteotomy

Knee

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-50

  Esenkaya, Irfan ^a   Misirlioglu, Mesut ^a   Kelestemur, M Halidun ^b   Elmali, Nurzat ^a   Fadillioglu, Ersin ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; High tibial osteotomy; Knee; Plate designs; Proximal tibial osteotomy; Unicompartmental osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; FORCE; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TIBIA; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CATTLE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33845652532     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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