Angular stability potentially permits fewer locking screws compared with conventional locking in intramedullary nailed distal tibia fractures: A biomechanical study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 340-346

  Gueorguiev, Boyko ^a   Ockert, Ben ^a,b   Schwieger, Karsten ^a   Wähnert, Dirk ^a   Lawson Smith, Matthew ^c,d   Windolf, Markus ^a   Stoffel, Karl ^c,d  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Orthopaedic Surgery   (Switzerland)

^d FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

angle stable locking; biomechanical study; Distal tibia fracture; intramedullary nail; unstable fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOCKING BONE SCREW; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE;

AGED; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957842666     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3182163345     Document Type: Article

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