The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 51-54 , January 2011

Biomechanical analysis of posteromedial tibial plateau split fracture fixation

  • Zhi-Min Zeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University. 600 Yisan Road. Shanghai, 200233, PR China
    • Tel.: +86 21 64369181x8800; fax: +86 21 64083239.
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  • Cong-Feng Luo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University. 600 Yisan Road. Shanghai, 200233, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 21 64369181x8800; fax: +86 21 64083239.
    • ,
  • Sven Putnis

      Affiliations

    • Trauma & Orthopaedic Department, St. George's Hospital, London, UK
    • ,
  • Bing-Fang Zeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University. 600 Yisan Road. Shanghai, 200233, PR China
    • Tel.: +86 21 64369181x8800; fax: +86 21 64083239.

Received 26 September 2009 ,Revised 28 December 2009 ,Accepted 6 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.01.006

The Knee
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