Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 755-764 , September 2007

Femoroplasty – augmentation of the proximal femur with a composite bone cement – feasibility, biomechanical properties and osteosynthesis potential

  • J. Beckmann

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Clinic and Policlinic of the University of Regensburg, Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach, Kaiser-Karl-V-Allee 3, 93077 Bad Abbach, Germany
    • R. Mathys RMS Foundation, Bettlach, Switzerland
    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 1723513013.
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  • S.J. Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • MEM Research Center, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland
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  • M. Gebauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma Surgery, University Clinics Eppendorf, Germany
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  • C. Luering

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Clinic and Policlinic of the University of Regensburg, Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach, Kaiser-Karl-V-Allee 3, 93077 Bad Abbach, Germany
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  • B. Gasser

      Affiliations

    • R. Mathys RMS Foundation, Bettlach, Switzerland
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  • P. Heini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland

Received 25 April 2006 ,Revised 23 August 2006 ,Accepted 30 August 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00176-7

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 755-764 , September 2007

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