Biomechanical investigation of dynamic hip screw and wire fixation on an unstable intertrochanteric fracture

Abstract Background Although use of a dynamic hip screw (DHS) for stable intertrochanteric hip fracture fixation has been successfully applied in fracture healing for more than 20 years, DHS fixation on unstable intertrochanteric fractures still has a high failure rate, especially in patients with o...

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Main Authors: Hsu-Fu Wu, Chih-Han Chang, Gwo-Jaw Wang, Kuo-An Lai, Chung-Hwan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-019-0663-0