The effect of pilot hole size on the insertion torque and pullout strength of self-tapping cortical bone screws in osteoporotic bone

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 990-995

  Battula, Suneel ^a   Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^b,c   Sahai, Vivek ^b   Vrabec, Gregory A ^b   Tank, Jason ^b   Njus, Glen O ^c  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Insertion torque; Osteoporosis; Pilot hole size; Pullout strength; Self tapping cortical screws

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CORTICAL BONE; ENERGY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOPOROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

EID: 42049111628     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31802bf051     Document Type: Article

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