Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 1983 · 94 citations · 0 references
EngineeringSurgeryLongitudinal RodAnatomyOrthopaedic SurgerySkeletal TraumaMechanicsBiomechanicsOperative TreatmentStructural DynamicKinematicsTransverse Bending MomentsGeometric Fixator PropertiesDeformation ReconstructionSpinal FractureBilateral Fixator FramesMechanical SystemsStructural AnalysisFracture HealingSurgical StabilizationStructural MechanicsMedicineVibration Control
The structural and geometric fixator properties that best neutralize the prevailing anteroposterior and transverse bending moments at a tibial fracture site were analyzed in anatomic specimens. Clinically and mechanically, anterior unilateral frames were most effective, particularly when applied with relatively stiff components with a maximal spread between the pins in each main bony fragment and with placement of the longitudinal rod close to the tibia.