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Introducing the “Bone-Screw-Fastener” for improved screw fixation in orthopedic surgery: a revolutionary paradigm shift?

BACKGROUND: Conventional screws used for fracture fixation in orthopedic surgery continue to rely on the historic buttress thread design. While buttress screws generally provide solid resistance against unidirectional axial loading forces, their design suffers from several limitations, as the buttre...

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Autores principales: Stahel, Philip F., Alfonso, Nicholas A., Henderson, Corey, Baldini, Todd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28321265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-017-0121-5