title: The self-compressing tibial intramedullary nail.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, New York University-Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York 10003, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kummer
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Baitner
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jazwari
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Koval
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001858:Bone Nails; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*