Biomechanical comparison of three second-generation reconstruction nails in an unstable subtrochanteric femur fracture model

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 959-966

  Heiney, J ^a   Battula, S ^b   Njus, G ^b   Ruble, C ^b   Vrabec, G ^b  

^a PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Reconstruction nail; Subtrochanteric fracture

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; DYNAMIC STIFFNESS; FATIGUE LIVES; FRACTURE MODELS; IN CONTROLS; P VALUES; RECONSTRUCTION NAIL; SCREW HOLES; STIFFNESS VALUES; STRYKER; SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENTS; FRACTURE MODEL; SECOND GENERATION; SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURES; SYNTHETIC BONE;

BIOMECHANICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; RESTORATION; STIFFNESS; VECTORS; BONE; SCREWS;

FRACTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE NAIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE NAILS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149161233     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM369     Document Type: Article

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