Internal fixation of type-C distal femoral fractures in osteoporotic bone

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1442-1452

  Wähnert, Dirk ^a   Hoffmeier, Konrad L ^a   Von Oldenburg, Geert ^b   Fröber, Rosemarie ^a   Hofmann, Gunther O ^a   Mückley, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Stryker Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; C TYPE DISTAL FEMORAL FRACTURE; CADAVER; COMMINUTED DISTAL FEMORAL FRACTURE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIXATION DEVICE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOPOROSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 77954632565     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01722     Document Type: Article

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