Comparison of calcaneal fixation of a retrograde intramedullary nail with a fixed-angle spiral blade versus a fixed-angle screw

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1212-1218

  Klos, Kajetan ^a   Gueorguiev, Boyko ^a   Schwieger, Karsten ^a   Fröber, Rosemarie ^a   Brodt, Steffen ^a   Hofmann, Gunther O ^a   Windolf, Markus ^a   Mückley, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Retrograde intramedullary nail; Spiral blade; Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CALCANEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIXED ANGLE SCREW; FIXED ANGLE SPIRAL BLADE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TIBIOTALOCALCANEAL ARTHRODESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; BONE DENSITY; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TALUS; TARSAL JOINTS; TIBIA;

EID: 73449089430     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.1212     Document Type: Article

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