The influence of intramedullary fixation on figure-of-eight wiring for surgical neck fractures of the proximal humerus: a biomechanical comparison.

G. R. Williams; L. A. Copley; J. P. Iannotti; S. P. Lisser

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The influence of intramedullary fixation on figure-of-eight wiring for surgical neck fractures of the proximal humerus: a biomechanical comparison.

G. R. Williams, L. A. Copley, J. P. Iannotti, S. P. Lisser

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The resistance to torsional load was measured in a human cadaver model of a surgical neck fracture. Ten fresh-frozen human cadaver shoulders were thawed, dissected free of soft tissue attachments, and analyzed with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry to establish bone mineral density. Osteotomies were fixed with figure-of-eight wire alone and figure-of-eight wire supplemented with intramedullary Enders rods. Intramedullary Enders rods improved the mean maximum load by 1.5 times (p < 0.05). No statistically significant correlation was found between mean maximum load and bone mineral density.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	423-428
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery / American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons ... [et al.]
Volume	6
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s1058-2746(97)70048-x
State	Published - 1997

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Williams, G. R., Copley, L. A., Iannotti, J. P., & Lisser, S. P. (1997). The influence of intramedullary fixation on figure-of-eight wiring for surgical neck fractures of the proximal humerus: a biomechanical comparison. Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery / American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons ... [et al.], 6(5), 423-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1058-2746(97)70048-x

The influence of intramedullary fixation on figure-of-eight wiring for surgical neck fractures of the proximal humerus: a biomechanical comparison. / Williams, G. R.; Copley, L. A.; Iannotti, J. P. et al.
In: Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery / American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons ... [et al.], Vol. 6, No. 5, 1997, p. 423-428.

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Williams, GR, Copley, LA, Iannotti, JP & Lisser, SP 1997, 'The influence of intramedullary fixation on figure-of-eight wiring for surgical neck fractures of the proximal humerus: a biomechanical comparison.', Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery / American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons ... [et al.], vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 423-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1058-2746(97)70048-x

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