Biomechanical investigation of the primary stability of intramedullary compression nails in the proximal tibia: experimental study using interlocking screws in cryopreserved human tibias

Introduction of a new interlocked intram

Introduction of a new interlocked intramedullary nailing device for stabilization of critically sized femoral defects in the rat: A combined biomechanical and animal experimental study

✍ Matthias Schoen; Robert Rotter; Simone Schattner; Thomas Mittlmeier; Lutz Claes; 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 213 KB

## Abstract The goals of this study were to develop a new intramedullary, rotation‐stable locking device and evaluate it biomechanically and in vivo for maintenance of a critical size osteotomy gap in a model of conscious pseudarthrosis. In standardized osteotomized rat femora (5 mm osteotomy gap)