Effects of hybrid plating with locked and nonlocked screws on the strength of locked plating constructs in the osteoporotic diaphysis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 411-417

  Doornink, Josef ^a   Fitzpatrick, Dan C ^b   Boldhaus, Sebastian ^a   Madey, Steven M ^a   Bottlang, Michael ^a  

^a LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphysis; Fracture fixation; Locking; Osteosynthesis; Plating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HYBRID PLATING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCKED PLATING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955866490     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ec9417     Document Type: Article

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