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cancellous screw Orthopedics A screw with relatively coarser thread and often with a smooth, unthreaded portion, which allows it to act as a lag screw and to anchor in soft medullary bone. See Screw. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The cancellous screws are also made of titanium alloy with a diameter of 4. A 4-mm cancellous screw was inserted from the medial talar head without crossing the bone graft. 3 Various techniques and implants have been developed to manage such fractures including: (1) an antegrade intramedullary nail with cannulated cancellous screws,4,5 (2) a dynamic compression plate (DCP) with a dynamic hip screw (DHS) or cannulated cancellous screws,6 (3) a retrograde intramedullary nail with cancellous screws,7 and (4) a reconstructive intramedullary interlocking nail. |
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