Distal femur defects reconstructed with polymethylmethacrylate and internal fixation devices: A biomechanical study

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 561-

  Uglialoro, Anthony D ^a   Maceroli, Michael ^a   Beebe, Kathleen S ^a   Benevenia, Joseph ^a   Patterson, Francis R ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FEMUR TUMOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ADHESION; ADULT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADHESIVENESS; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349198162     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090624-29     Document Type: Article

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