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

Meermans G, Verstreken F (Lievensberg Hosp, Berchem, The Netherlands; Monica Hosp, Deurne, Belgium) Clin Orthop Relat Res 470:1673-1681, 2012^§

Abstract

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.

Methods

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