"Internal Fixators" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Internal devices used in osteosynthesis to hold the position of the fracture in proper alignment. By applying the principles of biomedical engineering, the surgeon uses metal plates, nails, rods, etc., for the correction of skeletal defects.
| Descriptor ID |
D016268
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.370 E07.858.442.660.460 E07.858.690.725.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Internal Fixators- Internal Fixators
- Fixator, Internal
- Fixators, Internal
- Internal Fixator
- Fixation Devices, Internal
- Device, Internal Fixation
- Devices, Internal Fixation
- Fixation Device, Internal
- Internal Fixation Device
- Internal Fixation Devices
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Internal Fixators" by people in Profiles.
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Infected hardware after surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Outcomes and management experience. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 May; 80(5):819-23.
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Use of Supplemental Short Pre-Contoured Accessory Rods and Cobalt Chrome Alloy Posterior Rods Reduces Primary Rod Strain and Range of Motion Across the Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy Level: An In Vitro Biomechanical Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Apr; 41(7):E388-95.
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Femoral suspension devices for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: letter to the editor. Am J Sports Med. 2014 Feb; 42(2):NP15-6.
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C1 lateral mass screw placement via the posterior arch: a technique comparison and anatomic analysis. Spine J. 2013 Nov; 13(11):1549-55.
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Management of pediatric mandible fractures. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2013 Oct; 46(5):791-806.
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Routine sectioning of the C2 nerve root and ganglion for C1 lateral mass screw placement in children: surgical and functional outcomes. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Jan; 29(1):93-7.
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Outcomes of instrumented fusion in the pediatric cervical spine. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Nov; 17(5):397-409.
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Quality of spinal motion with cervical disk arthroplasty: computer-aided radiographic analysis. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2010 Apr; 23(2):89-95.
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Image-guided multilevel vertebral osteotomies for en bloc resection of giant cell tumor of the thoracic spine: case report and description of operative technique. Eur Spine J. 2010 Jun; 19(6):1021-8.
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Determination of the in vivo posterior loading environment of the Coflex interlaminar-interspinous implant. Spine J. 2010 Mar; 10(3):244-51.