Finite element analysis of a Gamma nail within a fractured femur.

by: CJ Wang, AL Yettram, MS Yao, P Procter

Med Eng Phys, Vol. 20, No. 9. (c 1998), pp. 677-683.

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Failures of Gamma nails which treat unstable femoral fractures have been reported. In this paper, a finite element model to include a Gamma nail within a fractured femur was used to investigate the stresses in the Gamma nail. The effects for different types of fracture were investigated. The results show that its use for subtrochanteric fractures will cause higher stresses at the lag screw and upper distal screw insertion holes in the nail than when used for femur neck fractures.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1337621 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1337621 TI - Finite element analysis of a Gamma nail within a fractured femur. JF - Med Eng Phys VL - 20 IS - 9 SP - 677 EP - 683 AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK. SN - 1350-4533 N2 - Failures of Gamma nails which treat unstable femoral fractures have been reported. In this paper, a finite element model to include a Gamma nail within a fractured femur was used to investigate the stresses in the Gamma nail. The effects for different types of fracture were investigated. The results show that its use for subtrochanteric fractures will cause higher stresses at the lag screw and upper distal screw insertion holes in the nail than when used for femur neck fractures. KW - biomechanics KW - fem KW - osteosynthesis KW - surgery AU - Wang, CJ AU - Yettram, AL AU - Yao, MS AU - Procter, P PY - 1998///c UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10098612 ER -

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