Influence of thread design on bioabsorbable interference screw insertion torque during retrograde fixation of a soft-tissue graft in synthetic bone

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 815-819

  Wozniak, Tanya D ^b   Kocabey, Yavuz ^b   Klein, Scott ^b   Nyland, John ^a   Caborn, David N M ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Biomechanical testing; Bone mineral density; Retrograde fixation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAFT FAILURE; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RIGIDITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE GRAFT; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MATERIALS TESTING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURES; TIBIA; TORQUE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 22144441635     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.04.108     Document Type: Article

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