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Screw head plugs increase the fatigue strength of stainless steel, but not of titanium, locking plates

OBJECTIVES: Screw plugs have been reported to increase the fatigue strength of stainless steel locking plates. The objective of this study was to examine and compare this effect between stainless steel and titanium locking plates. METHODS: Custom-designed locking plates with identical structures wer...

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Autores principales: Hung, L-W., Chao, C-K., Huang, J-R., Lin, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.712.BJR-2018-0083.R1