Finite element analysis of osteosynthesis screw fixation in the bone stock: An appropriate method for automatic screw modelling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wieding, Jan ^a   Souffrant, Robert ^a   Fritsche, Andreas ^a   Mittelmeier, Wolfram ^a   Bader, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BONE DEFECT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN;

AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84859081974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033776     Document Type: Article

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