What is the risk of stress risers for interprosthetic fractures of the femur? A biomechanical analysis

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2441-2446

  Lehmann, Wolfgang ^a   Rupprecht, Martin ^a   Nuechtern, Jacob ^a   Melzner, Daniel ^a   Sellenschloh, Kai ^b   Kolb, Jan ^a   Fensky, Florian ^a   Hoffmann, Michael ^a   Püschel, Klaus ^a   Morlock, Michael ^b   Rueger, Johannes M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATE; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; BONE NAIL; MECHANICAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84878195594     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1697-0     Document Type: Article

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