Micromotion at the fracture site after tibial nailing with four unreamed small-diameter nails-a biomechanical study using a distal tibia fracture model

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1391-1397

  Schuller, Michael ^c   Weninger, Patrick ^a,b   Tschegg, Elmar ^c   Jamek, Michael ^c   Redl, Heinz ^b   Stanzl Tschegg, Stefanie ^d,e  

^a Trauma Department   (Austria)

^b Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deformation; Elastic; Intramedullary nailing; Plastic; Tibia fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; ELASTICITY; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING; ANKLE INJURY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BONE NAIL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ANKLE INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67649653924     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818b4c8e     Document Type: Article

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