Internal fixation with a self-compressing plate and lag screw: improvements of the plate hole and screw design. 2. In vivo investigations.
A mechanically improved design of bone plate and screw was compared in vivo with conventional plate fixation. This method was investigated biologically in a standardized osteotomy model on sheep tibiae. It was found that maintenance of reduction of an osteotomy was facilitated and there was no adverse effect of this fracture fixation system on bone remodeling. The modified implant permits the reduced surgical approach to the bone through one plane and optimal fixation of the fracture or osteotomy.
Klaue
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Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, AO/ASIF Foundation, Davos, Switzerland.
Kowalski
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Perren
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D000818:Animals; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D002146:Bony Callus / Q000502:physiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D010012:Osteogenesis; D010027:Osteotomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012756:Sheep; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000209:etiology