How pilot-hole size affects bone-screw pullout strength in human cadaveric cancellous bone

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Steeves, Mark ^a   Stone, Craig ^a,b   Mogaard, John ^a   Byrne, Stephanie ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; DRILL; FEMUR; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 21344445289     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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