The effect of screw pullout rate on screw purchase in synthetic cancellous bone

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zdero, Rad ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone screws; Pullout rate; Screw purchase; Synthetic bone

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CANCELLOUS BONE SCREWS; FAILURE ENERGY; FAILURE STRESS; LOW CORRELATION; RESISTANCE FORCE; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SYNTHETIC BONE;

BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE FIXATION; SALES; SCREWS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; ENERGY; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; SHEAR STRESS; BONE DENSITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 63449111351     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005344     Document Type: Article

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