Biomechanical comparison of parallel versus 90-90 plating of bicolumn distal humerus fractures with intra-articular comminution

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2512-2518

  Got, Christopher ^a   Shuck, John ^a   Biercevicz, Alison ^a   Paller, Dave ^a   Mulcahey, Mary ^a   Zimmermann, Matthew ^a   Blaine, Theodore ^a   Green, Andrew ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

90 90 versus parallel fixation; biomechanical testing; Comminuted intra articular distal humerus; torque to failure

Indexed keywords

90 90 PLATE FIXATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATING SYSTEM; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELBOW; ELBOW DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; PARALLEL PLATE FIXATION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84869398021     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.08.042     Document Type: Article

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