Mechanical strength of a new plate compared to six previously tested opening wedge high tibial osteotomy implants

Mechanical strength of a new plate compared to six previously tested opening wedge high tibial osteotomy implants

Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the mechanical static and fatigue strength provided by the FlexitSystem plate in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomies (MOWHTO), and to compare it to six previously tested implants: the TomoFix small stature, the TomoFix standard, the ContourLock...

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Main Authors: Arnaud Diffo Kaze, Stefan Maas, James Belsey, Alexander Hoffmann, Romain Seil, Ronald van Heerwaarden, Dietrich Pape
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
Subjects:
High tibial osteotomy (HTO)
Osteoarthritis
FlexitSystem
Activmotion
TomoFix
PEEKPower
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40634-019-0209-1

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