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Influence of Screw Design, Sex, and Approach in Scaphoid Fracture Fixation

BACKGROUND: Screw fixation of scaphoid fractures has gained popularity. A long central screw has been shown to be biomechanically advantageous. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We compared the ability of different screw designs to obtain this goal and determined the influence of sex and approach on screw length....

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Main Authors: Meermans, Geert, Verstreken, Frederik
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348297/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22179982
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2218-y
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