Quantification of bone strength by intraoperative torque measurement: A technical note

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 613-620

  Suhm, Norbert ^a   Haenni, Markus ^b   Schwyn, Ronald ^b   Hirschmann, Michael ^c   Müller, Andreas Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b AO Development Institute   (Switzerland)

^c Bruderholzspital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone mineral density; Bone strength; Proximal femoral fracture

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TORQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORQUE;

EID: 42549106565     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0566-1     Document Type: Article

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