A biomechanical comparison of locking plate and locking nail implants used for fractures of the proximal humerus

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-366

  Kitson, Jeffrey ^a   Booth, Grant ^a   Day, Robert ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; INTERLOCKING NAIL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247860884     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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