Technical difficulties of removal of locking screw after locking compression plating

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-95

  Bae, Ji Hoon ^a   Oh, Jong Keon ^a   Oh, Chang Wug ^b   Hur, Chang Ryong ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Locking compression plate; Locking screw; Removal; Stripping; Technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONICAL EXTRACTION SCREW; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRILL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL CUTTING DRILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF TAPPING SCREW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS;

EID: 56249085217     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0769-5     Document Type: Article

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