Injury
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 259-265 , March 2010

Investigation on the distal screw of a trochanteric intramedullary implant (Fi-nail) using a simplified finite element model

  • Nicolas Efstathopoulos

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Athens University, Greece
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  • Vassilios S. Nikolaou

      Affiliations

    • Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Athens University, Megalou Alexandrou 54, 15124 Maroussi, Greece.
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  • Fragiskos N. Xypnitos

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Athens University, Greece
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  • Demitrios Korres

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Athens University, Greece
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  • Ioannis Lazarettos

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Athens University, Greece
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  • Kostas Panousis

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Academic Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Athens University, Greece
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  • Evangelos N. Kasselouris

      Affiliations

    • National Technical University of Athens, School of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Design and Control Systems Section Laboratory of Dynamics and Structures, Athens, Greece
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  • Demetrios T. Venetsanos

      Affiliations

    • National Technical University of Athens, School of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Design and Control Systems Section Laboratory of Dynamics and Structures, Athens, Greece
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  • Christopher G. Provatidis

      Affiliations

    • National Technical University of Athens, School of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Design and Control Systems Section Laboratory of Dynamics and Structures, Athens, Greece

,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.006

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