Does placing screws off-centre in tubular bone alter their pullout strength?

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1161-1166

  Acharya, A V ^a   Evans, S L ^b  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Cortical; Off centre; Pullout; Screw; Strength; Tubular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULLOUT STRENGTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; DIAPHYSES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; MATERIALS TESTING; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SWINE;

EID: 70349410254     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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