Distal femur fractures of the elderly - Different treatment options in a biomechanical comparison

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 655-659

  Wähnert, Dirk ^a   Hoffmeier, Konrad ^a   Fröber, Rosemarie ^a   Hofmann, Gunther O ^a,b   Mückley, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angular stable plate; Artificial bone; Biomechanics; Distal femur; Fractures; Intramedullary nail; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR DISTAL FRACTURE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL TORSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; ROTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORSION, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958074209     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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