Comparison of mechanical rigidity between plate augmentation leaving the nail in situ and interlocking nail using cadaveric fracture model of the femur

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-585

  Park, Kyungho ^a   Kim, Kwanwoo ^a   Choi, Y S ^a  

^a Gwangju Christian Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STABILITY; LESSER TROCHANTER; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL TORSION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79955582010     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-0983-y     Document Type: Article

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