Biomechanical testing of two devices for internal fixation of fractured ribs

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1234-1238

  Campbell, Nicole ^a   Richardson, Martin ^a   Antippa, Phillip ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Internal fixation; Rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE BOWING; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL FIXATOR; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIB FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RIB FRACTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952280371     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ae555e     Document Type: Article

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