Incidence of Screw Loosening in Cortical Bone Trajectory Fixation Technique between Single- and Dual-Threaded Screws
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Patient Selection and Characteristics
2.2. Instrument Characteristics
2.3. Surgical Procedure
2.4. Radiological Evaluations
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | N = 159 | |
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Age, year | ||
Range | 26–87 | |
Mean ± SD | 59.74 ± 13.31 | |
Gender, No. (%) | ||
Male | 62(40.12%) | |
Female | 97(59.88%) | |
Follow-up period (Month) | ||
Range | 5–39 | |
Mean ± SD | 13.75 ± 8.14 |
Characteristics | N = 159 | ||||
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Screw | |||||
A. Single-threaded (n = 73) | B. Dual-threaded (n = 86) | p-value | |||
Age, year | Range | 27–87 | Range | 26–85 | 0.0055 ** |
Mean ± SD | 56.82 ± 12.33 | Mean ± SD | 62.21 ± 13.69 | ||
Gender, No. (%) | Male | 36 (49.32%) | Male | 31 (36.05%) | |
Female | 37 (50.68%) | Female | 55 (63.95%) |
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Chen, C.-H.; Tu, C.-H.; Chen, D.-C.; Huang, H.-M.; Chuang, H.-Y.; Cho, D.-Y.; Bau, D.-T.; Lee, H.-C. Incidence of Screw Loosening in Cortical Bone Trajectory Fixation Technique between Single- and Dual-Threaded Screws. Medicines 2021, 8, 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines8090050
Chen C-H, Tu C-H, Chen D-C, Huang H-M, Chuang H-Y, Cho D-Y, Bau D-T, Lee H-C. Incidence of Screw Loosening in Cortical Bone Trajectory Fixation Technique between Single- and Dual-Threaded Screws. Medicines. 2021; 8(9):50. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines8090050
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Chao-Hsuan, Chih-Hsiu Tu, Der-Cherng Chen, Hsiang-Ming Huang, Hao-Yu Chuang, Der-Yang Cho, Da-Tian Bau, and Han-Chung Lee. 2021. "Incidence of Screw Loosening in Cortical Bone Trajectory Fixation Technique between Single- and Dual-Threaded Screws" Medicines 8, no. 9: 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines8090050
APA StyleChen, C. -H., Tu, C. -H., Chen, D. -C., Huang, H. -M., Chuang, H. -Y., Cho, D. -Y., Bau, D. -T., & Lee, H. -C. (2021). Incidence of Screw Loosening in Cortical Bone Trajectory Fixation Technique between Single- and Dual-Threaded Screws. Medicines, 8(9), 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines8090050