The fixion proximal femur nailing system: Biomechanical properties of the nail and a cadaveric study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Steinberg, Ely L ^a   Blumberg, Nehemia ^a   Dekel, Shmuel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomechanical tests; Expandable peg; Expandable proximal femoral nail; Hip fracture; Intraosseous pressure

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BONE; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; NAILS; STAINLESS STEEL; STIFFNESS; SURGERY; TORSION TESTING;

INTRA-OSSEOUS PRESSURE (IOP) MEASUREMENTS; PROXIMAL FEMUR NAILING (PFN) SYSTEMS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ALLOY; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FATIGUE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SAFETY; STRENGTH;

ALLOYS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; STAINLESS STEEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORSION;

EID: 7044285751     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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