More is not necessarily better. A biomechanical study on distal screw numbers in volar locking distal radius plates

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 535-539

  Drobetz, Herwig ^a   Weninger, Patrick ^b   Grant, Caroline ^c   Heal, Clare ^a   Muller, Reinhold ^a   Schuetz, Michael ^c,d   Pham, Minh ^e   Steck, Roland ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Lorenz Boehler Trauma Hospital   (Austria)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanical study; Distal radius fracture; Fixed angle locking; Variable angle locking; Volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; DIAPHYSIS; FRACTURE REDUCTION; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLAR PLATE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 84875224455     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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