A new intramedullary nailing device for the treatment of femoral shaft fractures: A biomechanical study

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Wang, Guodong ^a   Pan, Tao ^a   Peng, Xinsheng ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanical tests; Femoral shaft fracture; Fracture fixation; Grosse and Kempf nail; Intramedullary propping nailing

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FRACTURE; SCREWS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TORSIONAL STRESS;

BIOMECHANICAL TESTS; CADAVERIC FEMURS; COMPRESSIVE STIFFNESS; END CAPES; FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURES; GROSSE AND KEMPF NAIL; INTERLOCKED SCREWS; INTRAMEDULLARY PROPPING NAILING SYSTEMS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39249085417     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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