Periprosthetic femoral fracture - a biomechanical comparison between vancouver type B1 and B2 fixation methods

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 495-500

  Moazen, Mehran ^a,b   Mak, Jonathan H ^a   Etchels, Lee W ^a   Jin, Zhongmin ^a,c   Wilcox, Ruth K ^a   Jones, Alison C ^a   Tsiridis, Eleftherios ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fracture; Stiffness; Strain; Vancouver type B

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; VANCOUVER TYPE B;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE PLATES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; REOPERATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84893843521     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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