Biomechanical comparison of the Locking Compression superior anterior clavicle plate with seven and ten hole reconstruction plates in midshaft clavicle fracture stabilisation

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2537-2543

  Eden, Lars ^a   Doht, Stefanie ^a   Frey, Sönke P ^a   Ziegler, Dirk ^a   Stoyhe, Jan ^a   Fehske, Kai ^a   Blunk, Torsten ^a   Meffert, Rainer H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; JOINT STABILITY; LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECONSTRUCTION PLATE; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; CLAVICLE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878171890     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1671-x     Document Type: Article

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