Biomechanical analysis of a synthetic femur spiral fracture model: Influence of different materials on the stiffness in flexible intramedullary nailing

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-597

  Kaiser, M M ^a   Wessel, L M ^a   Zachert, G ^a   Stratmann, C ^a   Eggert, R ^a   Gros, N ^a   Schulze Hessing, M ^a   Kienast, B ^b   Rapp, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b BG Trauma Hospital Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Biomechanical testing; Children; Elastic stable intramedullary nailing; Femoral shaft fracture; Flexible intramedullary nails; Spiral fracture; Steel Nail; Titanium nail

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; CHILDREN; FEMORAL SHAFT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; SPIRAL FRACTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; FRACTURE TESTING; HIP PROSTHESES; NAILS; STIFFNESS; TITANIUM;

FRACTURE;

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SPIRAL FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE NAILS; CHILD; ELASTICITY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TITANIUM;

EID: 79959344371     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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