Mode of failure of rib fixation with absorbable plates: A clinical and numerical modeling study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1225-1233

  Marasco, Silvana F ^a,b   Šutalo, Ilija D ^c,d   Bui, Anh V ^c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorbable plate; Finite element; Rib fixation; Rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RIB FRACTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RIB FRACTURES; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952285390     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d27cab     Document Type: Article

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