lag screw

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lag screw

one of several screws placed through bony fracture fragments to immobilize the fragments, used in repair of mandibular fractures.

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lag screw

Orthopedics Any screw used to achieve interfragmental compression; LSs do not protect fractures from bending, rotation or axial loading forces, and other devices should be used to provide these functions. See Screw.

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Screw positions were evaluated with the lag screw and proximal bone fragment (head and neck) and the safest seemed to be inferior middle and inferior posterior positions.

Numerical Optimization of the Position in Femoral Head of Proximal Locking Screws of Proximal Femoral Nail System; Biomechanical Study

Thus, lag screws, bolts or other "positive connection" devices are required.

Development of design capacities for residential deck ledger connections

Angle braces are fastened to concrete using expansion bolts, then lag screwed to a post or beam.

Chapter 7 Wooden structures

Numerous approaches have been proposed for stabilization of these fractures depending on the size and quality of the tuberosity fragment, including "classic" tension banding, lag screws, plates, and suture anchors with or without fracture fragment excision [1,4-6,10-14,16-21].

Combined Lag Screw and Cerclage Wire Fixation for Calcaneal Tuberosity Avulsion Fractures

Madsen JE et al have stated that "Use of a TSP reduced the secondary lag screw sliding as compared with the conventional CHS without affecting fracture healing." (8)

Does modular extension of DHS fix the unstable trochanteric fractures

The reduction of head and neck fragment was evaluated by Garden alignment index (GAI) and lag screw position was evaluated by tip apex distance (TAD) [11,12].

Outcomes of geriatric hip fractures treated with AFFIXUS hip fracture nail

The lag screw joints in the second and third lumber elements from the bottom wall on the side of the load application are withdrawn vertically.

Effect of openings on the racking strength of structural log walls

This paper reports the first case of cephalomedullary nail breakage in two points, the holes for the lag screw and the locking screw, related to nonunion of a subtrochanteric fracture and metal fatigue in a very active elderly female.

Breakage in Two Points of a Short and Undersized "Affixus" Cephalomedullary Nail in a Very Active Elderly Female: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

(4) Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) is a lag screw, which is biomechanically superior to various compression hip screw systems developed during recent years (Regazzoni 1985).

Dynamic hip screw in fractures of the proximal femur

Sliding of the lag screw in hip fracture fixation devices enables fracture consolidation and transmission of forces through the fracture site and, by this mechanism, enhances healing.

Sliding of two lag screw designs in a highly comminuted fracture model

This System--which can be used in conjunction with other fixation devices--also includes a toothed washer for improved bone fixation and a lag screw design for secure compression.

Lanx talks milestones, new products at AANS

In addition to the screws used in the joint test program, an additional wood screw (diameter of 2.86 mm or 0.112 in) and lag screw (diameter of 7.8 mm or 0.31 in) were included in the embedment test program.