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