The stability of a hip fracture determines the fatigue of an intramedullary nail

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-584

  Eberle, S ^a   Bauer, C ^b   Gerber, C ^b   Von Oldenburg, G ^b   Augat, P ^a  

^a BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^b Stryker Osteosynthesis ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Failure; Fatigue; Finite element method; Gamma nail; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL BONES; DUCTILE MATERIALS; FAILURE; FAILURE CRITERIA; FAILURE MECHANISM; FATIGUE FAILURES; FATIGUE FRACTURE; FEMORAL HEADS; FEMORAL NECKS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HIP FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; PROXIMAL FEMUR; UNSTABLE FRACTURE; VON MISES STRESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NAILS; BONE; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

FRACTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE NAIL; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT INSTABILITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

BONE NAILS; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77950600025     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM664     Document Type: Article

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