Pullout strength and load to failure properties of self-tapping cortical screws in synthetic and cadaveric environments representative of healthy and osteoporotic bone

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1302-1307

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a,b   Battula, Suneel ^c   Sahai, Vivek ^b   Vrabec, Gregory A ^a,b   Corman, Steven ^b   Burton, Lyndsey ^a   Njus, Glen O ^c  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterial properties; Biomechanical testing; Osteoporosis; Self tapping screws

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF TAPPING SCREW;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 43449118717     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318169cd71     Document Type: Article

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