How much do locked screws add to the fixation of "hybrid" plate constructs in osteoporotic bone?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Freeman, Andrew L ^a   Tornetta, Paul ^b   Schmidt, Andrew ^c   Bechtold, Joan ^a   Ricci, William ^d   Fleming, Mark ^e  

^a Excelen Center for Bone and Joint Research and Education   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hybrid fixation; Locked screws; Locking plates; Osteoporotic bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; MECHANICAL TORSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOPOROSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77649130282     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181d35c29     Document Type: Article

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