Prospects of implant with locking plate in fixation of subtrochanteric fracture: experimental demonstration of its potential benefits on synthetic femur model with supportive hierarchical nonlinear hyperelastic finite element analysis

Prospects of implant with locking plate in fixation of subtrochanteric fracture: experimental demonstration of its potential benefits on synthetic femur model with supportive hierarchical nonlinear hyperelastic finite element analysis

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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Effective fixation of fracture requires careful selection of a suitable implant to provide stability and durability. Implant with a feature of locking plate (LP) has been used widely for treating distal fractures in femur because of...

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Main Authors: Latifi Mohammed, Ganthel Kunalan, Rukmanikanthan Shanmugam, Mansor Azura, Kamarul Tunku, Bilgen Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Subjects:
Locking plate
Angle blade plate
Dynamic condylar screw plate
Subtrochanteric fracture
Biomechanics
Finite element analysis
Hierarchical finite element modelling
Online Access:http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/11/1/23

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