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Fracture Fixation
Known as:
Fixations, Skeletal
, fixation fracture
, Skeletal Fixation
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The use of metallic devices inserted into or through bone to hold a fracture in a set position and alignment while it heals.
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External Fixation Devices
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2004
2004
The role of rigidity in fracture fixation
H. Uhthoff
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M. Finnegan
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
2004
Corpus ID: 29572076
SummaryThe optimal degree of rigidity of internal fixation of fractures is still a matter of controversy. Since any attempt to…
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Failure of External Spinal Skeletal Fixation to Improve Predictability of Lumbar Arthrodesis
D. Bednar
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American…
2001
Corpus ID: 44968455
Background: Whether lumbar arthrodesis can relieve isolated low-back pain in the absence of focal neurological findings or…
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Geometrical Properties of the Ovine Tibia: A Suitable Animal Model to Study the Pin-Bone Interface in Fracture Fixation?
J. Finlay
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M. Hurtig
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W. R. Hardie
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A. B. Liggins
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S. W. P. Batte
Proceedings of the Institution of mechanical…
1995
Corpus ID: 32492236
To determine whether dimensional scaling (relative to the human) is necessary for screwed pins used in externally applied…
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1994
1994
Biomechanics of Fracture Repair and Fracture Fixation
E.-Y. Chao
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H. Aro
1994
Corpus ID: 133686547
Knowledge of the basic biomechanical principles is essential throughout the care and management of patients with long-bone…
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Review
1988
Review
1988
The use of a biodegradable implant in fracture fixation: a review of the literature and a report of two clinical cases
P. Axelson
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J. Räihä
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M. Mero
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S. Vainionpaa
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P. Törmälä
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P. Rokkanen
1988
Corpus ID: 72571820
A method of internal fracture fixation using rod-shaped biodegradable implants made of self-reinforced polyglycolic acid (PGA) is…
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1980
1980
Knee fusion with external skeletal fixation after an infected hinge prosthesis: a case report.
H. T. Phillips
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D. Mears
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
1980
Corpus ID: 22890561
Deep sepsis is a serious postoperative complication of total knee hinge arthroplasty. Measures to eradicate the infection are…
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1977
1977
The electrical induction of callus formation and external skeletal fixation using methyl methacrylate for delayed union of open tibial fracture with segmental loss.
Shiro Inoue
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T. Ohashi
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R. Imai
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Masanari Ichida
,
I. Yasuda
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
1977
Corpus ID: 33758770
A case of delayed union of an open tibial fracture with segmental loss is presented in which electricity was applied to the bone…
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1959
1959
Corrosion in a device for fracture fixation.
Jonathan B. Cohen
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George Hammond
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American…
1959
Corpus ID: 36160169
been analyzed as clinical problenrns, so tirat fewreports of nnetallurgical or engineering investigation of breakage or corrosion…
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1942
1942
EXTERNAL SKELETAL FIXATION IN FRACTURES OF THE MANDIBULAR ANGLE
J. Converse
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F. Waknitz
1942
Corpus ID: 73970663
The Roger Anderson method of external skeletal fixation has been adapted for fractures of the edentulous mandible. External…
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1934
1934
Über eine besondere Granulation der chromaffinen Markzellen der Nebenniere, ihre Beziehung zur Chromaffinität und ihr Vorkommen im Phäochromozytom
Dr. med. Kâmile Şevki
Virchows Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und…
1934
Corpus ID: 41789370
a) Es wird ein Fall von gutartigem Phaeochromozytom der Nebenniere eines 48jährigen Mannes beschrieben, in dessen…
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