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Why and how do locking plates fail?
Journal article

Why and how do locking plates fail?

  • Gueorguiev B AO Research Institute Davos, Davos, Switzerland. Electronic address: boyko.gueorguiev@aofoundation.org.
  • Lenz M Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
  • 2018-06-23
Published in:
  • Injury. - 2018
Angle-stable
Failure
Internal fixator
Locking plate
Polyaxial
Screw
Biomechanical Phenomena
Bone Plates
Bone Screws
Equipment Failure Analysis
Fracture Fixation, Internal
Fractures, Bone
Humans
Treatment Failure
Weight-Bearing
English Locking plates have led to important changes in bone fracture management, allowing flexible biological fracture fixation based on the principle of an internal fixator. The technique has its indications and limitations. Most of the typical failure patterns arise from basic technical errors. Types of locking plates, material properties and the general principles of locking plate applications are reviewed together with their misapplication.
Language
  • English
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closed
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https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/58312
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