Biomechanical evaluation of various fixation methods for proximal extra-articular tibial fractures

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 722-727

  Feng, Wei ^a   Fu, Li ^b   Liu, Jianguo ^a   Qi, Xin ^a   Li, Dongsong ^a   Yang, Chen ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fracture; Interlocking intramedullary nailing; Locking compression plate; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC COMPRESSION PLATE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERLOCKING INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL EXTRAARTICULAR TIBIAL FRACTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84869082781     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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