Holding power of variable pitch screws in osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal bone: Are all screws created equal?

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-183

  Ramaswamy, Rajesh ^a   Evans, Samuel ^b   Kosashvili, Yona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holding strength; Osteoporosis; Scaphoid fractures; Variable pitch screw

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY;

EID: 74849109664     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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