Salvaging the Pullout Strength of Stripped Screws in Osteoporotic Bone
Our goal was to determine whether the pullout strength of stripped screw holes in osteoporotic bone could be increased with readily available materials from the operating room. We inserted 3.5-mm stainless steel nonlocking self-tapping cortical screws bicortically into 5 osteoporotic humeri. Each sc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458513498393 |