In vitro biomechanical testing of the 3.5 mm LCP in torsion: a comparison of unicortical locking to bicortical nonlocking screws placed nearest the fracture gap

Abstract Objective This biomechanical study compared the torsional strength and stiffness of a locking compression plate with all locking versus nonlocking screws and examined the effect of placing a locking unicortical or nonlocking bicortical screw nearest the fracture gap in a synthetic bone mode...

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Main Authors: Alex A. Padron, John R. Owen, Jennifer S. Wayne, Sevima A. Aktay, Roy F. Barnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-3102-y