Evaluation of a polyaxial angle-stable volar plate in a distal radius C-fracture model - A biomechanical study

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1248-1252

  Rausch, Sascha ^a   Klos, Kajetan ^a   Stephan, Helen ^a   Hoffmeier, Konrad ^a   Gras, Florian ^a   Windolf, Markus ^b   Gueorguiev, Boyko ^b   Hofmann, Gunther O ^a,c   Mückley, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angular stable plate; Biomechanics; Distal radial fracture; Polyaxial locking; Radius fracture; Two column plate; Variable angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; PLATE FIXATION; POLYAXIAL PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 80053572641     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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