Impact of Different Screw Designs on Durability of Fracture Fixation: In Vitro Study with Cyclic Loading of Scaphoid Bones.

PURPOSE:The use of new headless compression screws (HCSs) for scaphoid fixation is growing, but the nonunion rate has remained constant. The aim of this study was to compare the stability of fixation resulting from four modern HCSs using a simulated fracture model to determine the optimal screw desi...

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Main Authors: Dominik Gruszka, Robert Herr, Hans Hely, Peer Hofmann, Daniela Klitscher, Alexander Hofmann, Pol Maria Rommens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4704798?pdf=render