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ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2023

Open reduction internal fixation of rib fractures: a biomechanical comparison between the RibLoc U Plus

Giovanni Oppizzi, Dali Xu, Tirth Patel, Jose J Diaz, Li-Qun Zhang

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Article in European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Functionally graded 3D printed plates for rib fracture fixation.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giovanni OppizziDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 3102 A. James Clark Hall, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Dali XuDepartment of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 100 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Tirth PatelChicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL, 60515, USA.
Jose J DiazDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 22 S Greene Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Li-Qun ZhangDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 3102 A. James Clark Hall, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. l-zhang@som.umaryland.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-7965
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USMidwestern University · US

Funding

University of Maryland Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (UM-OAIC)P30AG028747 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ALICE S. RYAN · 2006 to 2026
$28.9M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn this study, we assessed the bending strength of two surgical repairs of rib fracture using RibLoc

methodsAfter a rib fracture was created in seven pairs of cadaveric rib specimens, one side was repaired with the anterior plate and the other side repaired with the RibLoc U Plus

resultsThe ribs repaired with the RibLoc U Plus

conclusionThe biomechanical study showed that the RibLoc U Plus

Indexed as

Rib FracturesBiomechanical PhenomenaBone PlatesFracture Fixation, InternalHumansOpen Fracture ReductionRibsORIFPlateRibRibLocSurgeryTrauma

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PMID36018371
PMCPMC10148598
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