Does a volar locking plate provide equivalent stability as a dorsal nonlocking plate in a dorsally comminuted distal radius fracture?: A biomechanical study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 605-610

  Kandemir, Utku ^a,c   Matityahu, Amir ^a   Desai, Rohan ^a   Puttlitz, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial stiffness; Distal radius fracture; Load to failure; Locking plate; Nonlocking plate; Torsional stiffness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; NONLOCKING PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; AGED; CADAVER; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIUS; TORQUE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 58149380678     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318186006f     Document Type: Article

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