Improvement of the bone-screw interface strength with hydroxyapatite-coated and titanium-coated AO/ASIF cortical screws

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-263

  Moroni, Antonio ^a   Faldini, Cesare ^a   Rocca, Michele ^a   Stea, Susanna ^a   Giannini, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AO ASIF screws; Fixation; Hydroxyapatite; Stainless steel; Titanium

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MATERIAL COATING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TITANIUM; TORQUE;

EID: 0036228407     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200204000-00007     Document Type: Article

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