Rotationally Stable Screw-Anchor Versus Sliding Hip Screw Plate Systems in Stable Trochanteric Femur Fractures: A Biomechanical Evaluation

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages e127-e136

  Knobe, Matthias ^a   Gradl, Gertraud ^b   Maier, Klaus Jürgen ^b   Drescher, Wolf ^a   Jansen Troy, Arne ^a   Prescher, Andreas ^a   Knechtel, Toralf ^a   Antony, Pia ^a   Pape, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AACHEN MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Cutout; Helical blade; Hip screw; Migration; Rotationally stable screw anchor; Trochanteric fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878847641     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318278112a     Document Type: Article

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