Olecranon fracture fixation with a new implant: Biomechanical and clinical considerations

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 618-624

  Koslowsky, Thomas C ^a,c   Mader, Konrad ^b,c   Dargel, Jens ^b,c   Schadt, Ruediger ^a   Koebke, Juergen ^c   Pennig, Dietmar ^b  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^b ST VINZENZ HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

FFS; Olecranon fractures; One step fixation; Sawbone model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL FIXATOR; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGEON;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; OLECRANON PROCESS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 67349273253     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.129     Document Type: Article

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