Evaluation of intramedullary rib splints for less-invasive stabilisation of rib fractures

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1104-1110

  Helzel, Inga ^a   Long, William ^a   Fitzpatrick, Daniel ^b   Madey, Steven ^a   Bottlang, Michael ^a  

^a LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Slocum Centre for Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Flail chest; Intramedullary fixation; Osteosynthesis; Rib fracture; Splint

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION LOAD; RIB FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; SPLINT; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; RIB FRACTURES; SPLINTS;

EID: 68949157285     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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