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Intramedullary nailing biomechanics: Evolution and challenges
Natacha Rosa; Miguel Marta; Mário Vaz; Sérgio M. O. Tavares; Ricardo Simões; Fernão D. Magalhães; António Torres MarquesThis article aims to review the biomechanical evolution of intramedullary nailing and describe the breakthrough concepts which allowed for nail improvement and its current success. The understanding of this field establishes an adequate background for forthcoming research and allows to infer on the path for future developments on intramedullary nailing. It was not until the 1940s, with the revolutionary Kuntsch...
Recent developments on intramedullary nailing: a biomechanical perspective
António Torres Marques; Natacha Rosa; Magalhães, F. D.; Mário Vaz; Sérgio Tavares; Ricardo Simões; Miguel MartaCombining contributions from engineering and medicine, we highlight the biomechanical turning points in the historical evolution of the intramedullary nailing stabilization technique and discuss the recent innovations concerning increase in bone-implant system stability. Following the earliest attempts, where stabilization of long bone fractures was purely based on intuition, intramedullary nailing evolved from...