Optimum predrilled hole size for bone screws used in osteochondral fixation: In vitro biomechanical study and clinical case

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Nagatani, Toru ^a   Mori, Ryuji ^a   Wang, Yingxu ^a   Nakai, Takahisa ^a   Ozoe, Nobuaki ^b   Uchio, Yuji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FRACTURE; MALE; MICROFRACTURE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDRILLED HOLE SIZE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; VOLUMETRY; WALKING AID;

EID: 77953316530     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-009-1442-8     Document Type: Article

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