Treatment of distal humeral fractures using conventional implants. Biomechanical evaluation of a new implant configuration

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Windolf, Markus ^a   Maza, Edgardo Ramos ^b   Gueorguiev, Boyko ^a   Braunstein, Volker ^c   Schwieger, Karsten ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HUMERUS; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS; STANDARD; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77955100306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-172     Document Type: Article

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