Cortical screw purchase in synthetic and human femurs

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Zdero, Rad ^a   Elfallah, Khaled ^b   Olsen, Michael ^a,c   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite femur; Cortical screws; Human femur; Screw purchase

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FEMUR; CORTICAL SCREWS; FOURTH GENERATION; HUMAN BONES; HUMAN FEMORA; HUMAN FEMUR; MATERIAL PROPERTY; ORTHOPEDIC SCREWS; OSTEOPOROTIC; PULL-OUT FORCE; SCREW MOTION; SCREW PURCHASE; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; STUDY GROUPS; SYNTHETIC FEMURS; THIRD GENERATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CANALS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SALES; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

SCREWS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; BONE PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT; FRICTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROSTHESIS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77949694324     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3194755     Document Type: Article

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