The Variable Angle Hip Fracture Nail Relative to the Gamma 3: A Finite Element Analysis Illustrating the Same Stiffness and Fatigue Characteristics

Ten percent of the 250,000 proximal femur fractures that occur in the United States each year are malreduced into a varus position after treatment. Currently, there is no cephalomedullary nail available that allows the physician to dynamically change the lag-screw-to-nail angle. The Variable Angle N...

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Main Authors: Amir Matityahu, Andrew H. Schmidt, Alan Grantz, Ben Clawson, Meir Marmor, R. Trigg McClellan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/143801
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