The effects of locked and unlocked neutralization plates on load bearing of fractures fixed with a lag screw

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 519-522

  Takemoto, Richelle C ^a   Sugi, Michelle T ^a   Kummer, Frederick ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^b   Egol, Kenneth A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lag screw fixation; locked plates; plate neutralization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; LOCKED PLATE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNLOCKED PLATE; WEIGHT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84865750360     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31823b3dd1     Document Type: Article

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