Influence of an additional locking screw on fracture reduction after volar fixed-angle plating-introduction of the "protection screw" in an extra-articular distal radius fracture model

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 746-751

  Weninger, Patrick ^a,b   Schueller, Michael ^c   Drobetz, Herwig ^d   Jamek, Michael ^c   Redl, Heinz ^b   Tschegg, Elmar ^c  

^a Trauma Center Lorenz Boehler   (Austria)

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

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d MACKAY BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Distal radius; Fracture; Volar fixed angle plating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EMBEDDING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTURE REDUCTION; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 72449205194     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a8b238     Document Type: Article

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