Influence of the osteosynthesis plate on ultrasound propagation in the bone

Objective: To analyze the influence of steel plates for osteosynthesis on the velocity of ultrasound propagation (VU) through the bone.Methods: The transverse coronal and sagittal velocity of ultrasound propagation underwater were measured on the intact bone and then on assemblies of the same bone w...

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Main Authors: Márcio Takey Bezuti, Luiz Garcia Mandarano-Filho, Giuliano Barbieri, Nilton Mazzer, Cláudio Henrique Barbieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2014-10-01
Series:Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522014000500269&tlng=en