Intramedullary nailing vs. palmar locked plating for unstable dorsally comminuted distal radius fractures: A biomechanical study

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 771-775

  Burkhart, Klaus J ^a   Nowak, Tobias E ^a   Gradl, Georg ^b   Klitscher, Daniela ^a   Mehling, Isabella ^a   Mehler, Dorothea ^a   Mueller, Lars P ^a   Rommens, Pol M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Intramedullary nailing; Locking plate; Stability

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADING; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; DISTAL RADIUS; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FAILURE TEST; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; LOADING PATTERNS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIAL FRACTURES;

AXIAL LOADS; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMIC LOADS; LOADING; NAILS; STABILITY;

FRACTURE;

POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE TISSUE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL EXCENTRIC LOADING; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PALMAR LOCKED PLATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE; VOLAR FIXED ANGLE PLATING;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 77955575143     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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