Fatigue strength of common tibial intramedullary nail distal locking screws

BACKGROUND: Premature failure of either the nail and/or locking screws with unstable fracture patterns may lead to angulation, shortening, malunion, and IM nail migration. Up to thirty percent of all unreamed nail locking screws can break after initial weight bearing is allowed at 8–10 weeks if unio...

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Autores principales: Griffin, Lanny V, Harris, Robert M, Zubak, Joseph J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19371438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-4-11

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19371438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-4-11

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