Olecranon Fractures Repaired With FiberWire or Metal Wire Tension Banding: A Biomechanical Comparison

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 964-970

  Carofino, Bradley C ^a   Santangelo, Stephen A ^a   Kabadi, Mitesh ^b   Mazzocca, Augustus D ^a   Browner, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FiberWire; Olecranon fracture; Tension band

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; ELBOW JOINT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; POLYMERS; SUTURES;

EID: 34548500848     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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