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Biomechanical analysis of a synthetic femoral spiral fracture model: Do end caps improve retrograde flexible intramedullary nail fixation?

BACKGROUND: Elastic Stable intramedullary Nailing (ESIN) of dislocated diaphyseal femur fractures has become an accepted method for the treatment in children and adolescents with open physis. Studies focused on complications of this technique showed problems regarding stability, usually in complex f...

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Autores principales: Kaiser, Martin M, Zachert, Gregor, Wendlandt, Robert, Rapp, Marion, Eggert, Rebecca, Stratmann, Christine, Wessel, Lucas M, Schulz, Arndt P, Kienast, Benjamin J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21923948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-6-46