Salvaging the Pullout Strength of Stripped Screws in Osteoporotic Bone

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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Main Authors: Pierre H. M. Pechon MBChB, MSc(OrthEng), MRCS(Ed), Simon C. Mears MD, PhD, Evan R. Langdale BS, Stephen M. Belkoff PhD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-06-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458513498393

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