New intramedullary locking nail for olecranon fracture fixation—an in vitro biomechanical comparison with tension band wiring

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages E56-E61

  Nowak, Tobias E ^a   Burkhart, Klaus J ^a   Mueller, Lars P ^a   Mattyasovszky, Stefan G ^a   Andres, Torsten ^a   Sternstein, Werner ^a   Rommens, Pol M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanical analysis; Intramedullary nailing; Olecranon fracture; Osteotomy; Tension band wiring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MULTIFILAMENT TENSION BAND WIRING; OLECRANON FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE WIRES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLECRANON PROCESS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 78549243707     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c9af9b     Document Type: Article

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