Structural integrity of intramedullary rib fixation using a single bioresorbable screw

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 668-673

  Marasco, Silvana F ^a,b   Liovic, Petar ^c   Šutalo, Ilija D ^c,d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bioresorbable prostheses; flail chest; Rib fixation

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; STAINLESS STEEL;

BONE SCREW; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; DISLOCATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLAIL CHEST; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTERIOR RIB FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX DEFORMITY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 84865971635     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182569f75     Document Type: Review

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