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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |