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Treatment of pediatric femoral shaft fractures by stainless steel and titanium elastic nail system: A randomized comparative trial

PURPOSE: Literature suggests that the lower modulus of elasticity of titanium makes it ideal for use in children compared with stainless steel. Better fracture stability was observed in association with titanium nails on torsional and axial compression testing. However, stainless steel nails are sti...

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Autores principales: Gyaneshwar, Tank, Nitesh, Rustagi, Sagar, Tomar, Pranav, Kothiyal, Rustagi, Nitesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27578377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjtee.2016.02.001