Influence of screw diameter and number on reduction loss after plating of distal radius fractures

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Drobetz, Herwig ^a   Schueller, Michael ^c   Tschegg, Elmar Karl ^c   Heal, Clare ^b   Redl, Heinz ^d   Muller, Reinhold ^b  

^a MACKAY BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Distal radius fracture; Fixed angle; Locking screw; Volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551618985     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05479.x     Document Type: Article

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