The current status of locked plating: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 479-486

  Strauss, Eric J ^a   Schwarzkopf, Ran ^a   Kummer, Frederick ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Failure; Locked plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW;

BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 54349097973     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31817996d6     Document Type: Article

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