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The Variable Angle Hip Fracture Nail Relative to the Gamma 3: A Finite Element Analysis Illustrating the Same Stiffness and Fatigue Characteristics

Ten percent of the 250,000 proximal femur fractures that occur in the United States each year are malreduced into a varus position after treatment. Currently, there is no cephalomedullary nail available that allows the physician to dynamically change the lag-screw-to-nail angle. The Variable Angle N...

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Autores principales: Matityahu, Amir, Schmidt, Andrew H., Grantz, Alan, Clawson, Ben, Marmor, Meir, McClellan, R. Trigg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3622371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23585970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/143801