Number and Locations of Screw Fixation for Volar Fixed-Angle Plating of Distal Radius Fractures: Biomechanical Study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 885-891

  Mehling, Isabella ^a   Müller, Lars P ^a   Delinsky, Katharina ^a   Mehler, Dorothea ^a   Ing, Dipl ^a   Burkhart, Klaus J ^a   Rommens, Pol M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; distal radius fracture; locking screw; volar fixed angle plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; BONE PLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77952707717     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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