Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 682-693, September 2006

Evaluation and improvement of the efficiency of the Seidel humeral nail by numerical–experimental analysis of the bone-implant contact

  • Fabio Giudice

      Affiliations

    • DIIM, Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 095 7382418; fax: +39 095 330258.
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  • Guido La Rosa

      Affiliations

    • DIIM, Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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  • Tullio Russo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, P.O. Vittorio Emanuele, Via Plebiscito 628, 95124 Catania, Italy
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  • Roberto Varsalona

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, P.O. Vittorio Emanuele, Via Plebiscito 628, 95124 Catania, Italy

Received 22 September 2004; received in revised form 25 October 2005; accepted 31 October 2005. published online 05 December 2005.

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PII: S1350-4533(05)00228-6

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.10.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 682-693, September 2006

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