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An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice
Published on: November 13, 2016
The self-compressing tibial intramedullary nail
F J Kummer1, D G Hickey, S G Maurer
1Department of Orthopaedics, New York University-Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York 10003, USA.
Abstract:
Laboratory evaluation of a self-compressing tibial nail demonstrated that significant, initial compression of a simulated fracture or nonunion can be obtained and controlled. However, when this nail was tested in cyclic loading, loss of its initial static compression occurred.
