Biomechanical comparison of locking versus nonlocking volar and dorsal T-plates for fixation of dorsally comminuted distal radius fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Gondusky, Joseph S ^a   Carney, Joseph ^a   Erpenbach, Jonathan ^a   Robertson, Claire ^b   Mahar, Andrew ^b,c   Oka, Richard ^b   Thompson, Michael ^a   Mazurek, Michael ^d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of California San Diego ^*  (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

biomechanical; distal radius fracture; dorsal comminution; dorsal plate; extra articular; volar plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DORSAL T PLATE; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLAR PLATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS FRACTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 78650799869     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181d7a3a6     Document Type: Article

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