Locking plates: Tips and tricks

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2298-2307

  Smith, Wade R ^a   Ziran, Bruce H ^b   Anglen, Jeff O ^c   Stahel, Philip F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 35348965058     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200710000-00028     Document Type: Article

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