Volar Plating of AO C3 Distal Radius Fractures: Biomechanical Evaluation of Locking Screw and Locking Smooth Peg Configurations

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 827-834

  Martineau, P A ^a   Waitayawinyu, T ^a   Malone, K J ^a   Hanel, D P ^a   Trumble, T E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; locking plate; volar plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LUNATE BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 47849084486     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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