STP1008IntramedullaryRods:ClinicalPerformanceandRelatedLaboratoryTestingJ.PaulHarvey,Jr.,A.U.Daniels,andRobertF.Games,editors1916RaceStreetPhiladelphia,PA19103CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);ThuDec3115:24:02EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.ASTMPublicationCodeNumber(PCN):04-010080-54LibraryofCongressNumber:89-58[SBN:0-8031-1181-9Copyright�9byAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1989NOTETheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpublishedinthisvolumewasevaluatedbythreepeerreviewers,Theauthorsaddressedallofthereviewers'commentstothesatisfactionofboththetechnicaleditor(s)andtheASTMCommitteeonPublications.Thequalityofthepapersinthispublicationreflectsnotonlytheobviouseffortsoftheauthorsandthetechnicaleditor(s),butalsotheworkofthesepeerreviewers.TheASTMCommitteeonPublicationsacknowledgeswithappreciationtheirdedicationandcontributionoftimeandef-fortonbehalfofASTM.PrintedinAnnArbor.MIMarch1989CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);ThuDec3115:24:02EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.ForewordThepapersinthispublication,IntramedullaryRods:ClinicalPerformanceandRelatedLab-oratoryTesting,werepresentedatthesymposiumonFemorallntramedullaryRods:ClinicalPerformanceandRelatedLaboratoryTestingheld12-13May1987inCincinnati,Ohio.ThesymposiumwassponsoredbyASTMCommitteeF-4onMedicalandSurgicalMaterialsandDevicesandtheCommitteeonBiomedicalEngineeringoftheAmericanAcademyofOrthope-dicSurgeons.J.P.Harvey,Jr.,USCSchoolofMedicine,A.U.Daniels,UniversityofUtah,andR.F.Games,RichardsMedicalCompany,Inc.,presidedassymposiumchairmenandareeditorsofthispublication.CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);ThuDec3115:24:02EST2015Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherrepro...