Biomechanical properties of volar hybrid and locked plate fixation in distal radius fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-597

  Sokol, Shima C ^a   Amanatullah, Derek F ^a   Curtiss, Shane ^a   Szabo, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; distal radius fracture; hybrid fixation; internal fixation; locking; volar plate

Indexed keywords

ALL LOCKING PLATE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79953743713     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.12.032     Document Type: Article

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