Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 379-384, May 2009

Factors influencing interlocking screw failure in unreamed small diameter nails – A biomechanical study using a distal tibia fracture model

  • Patrick Weninger

      Affiliations

    • Trauma Center “Lorenz Boehler”, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria
    • Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical and Experimental Traumatology, Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Trauma Center “Lorenz Boehler”, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria.
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  • Michael Schueller

      Affiliations

    • Material Sciences Laboratory, E206-4, Technical University, Vienna, Austria
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  • Michael Jamek

      Affiliations

    • Material Sciences Laboratory, E206-4, Technical University, Vienna, Austria
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  • Stefanie Stanzl-Tschegg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics and Materials Science, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
    • Laboratory for Material Sciences, Institute for Solid State Physics, Technical University, Vienna, Austria
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  • Heinz Redl

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical and Experimental Traumatology, Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria
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  • Elmar K. Tschegg

      Affiliations

    • Material Sciences Laboratory, E206-4, Technical University, Vienna, Austria

Received 27 April 2008; accepted 13 January 2009. published online 24 February 2009.

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PII: S0268-0033(09)00017-5

doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.01.003

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 379-384, May 2009

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