Bending stiffness of unilateral and bilateral fixator frames
Behrens, F.; Johnson, W.D.; Koch, T.W.; Kovacevic, N.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 178: 103-110
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X PMID: 6883844 Document Number: 200580
The structural and geometric fixator properties that best neutralize the prevailing anteroposterior and transverse bending moments at a tibial fracture site were analyzed in anatomic specimens. Clinically and mechanically, anterior unilateral frames were most effective, particularly when applied with relatively stiff components with a maximal spread between the pins in each main bony fragment and with placement of the longitudinal rod close to the tibia.