Biomechanical comparison of callus over a locked intramedullary nail in various segmental bone defects in a sheep model

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Tyllianakis, Minos ^a   Deligianni, Despina ^b   Panagopoulos, Andreas ^a   Pappas, Michael ^c   Sourgiadaki, Efrosini ^a   Mavrilas, Demosthenis ^b   Papadopoulos, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Orthopedic Surgeon   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomechanical properties of callus; Bone healing; Intramedullary nailing; Limb lengthening; Osteotomy model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; BONE STRENGTH; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LEG LENGTHENING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; SHEAR STRESS; SHEEP; TIBIA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONY CALLUS; FEMALE; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA;

EID: 34248175161     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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