A biomechanical study on preloaded compression effect on headless screws

Baran O., Sagol E., Oflaz H., SARIKANAT M., HAVITÇIOĞLU H.

ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, cilt.129, sa.12, ss.1601-1605, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 129 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00402-009-0971-0
  • Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1601-1605
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Interfragmenter compression, Headless screw, Constant pitch, Pullout test, Screws biomechanics, TAPERED VARIABLE PITCH, BONE SCREWS, MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES, STRENGTH, FRACTURE, STANDARD
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Commonly used headless design screws such as Acutrak and Herbert screws have limited compressive effect on short fragment fixation. Therefore, we investigated whether preloaded compression techniques could be helpful in improving the compression effect.