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ArticleMedical & biological engineering & computing2023

Biomechanical analysis of a novel screw system with a variable locking angle in mandible angle fractures.

Petra Adamović, Lovro Matoc, Predrag Knežević, Srećko Sabalić, Janoš Kodvanj

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Article in Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Petra AdamovićExperimental Mechanics Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
Lovro MatocDepartment of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva Ulica 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. lovro.matoc@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-0064
Predrag KneževićDepartment of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
Srećko SabalićDepartment of Traumatology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Draškovićeva 19, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
Janoš KodvanjExperimental Mechanics Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
University of Zagreb · HRUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb · HRUniversity Hospital Dubrava · HRUniversity of Split · HR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Locking plates nowadays represent an important treatment in bone trauma and bone healing due to its strong biomechanical properties. The purpose of this study was to both computationally and experimentally validate a novel screw locking system by comparing it to another locking system from state-of-the-art and to apply it in an environment of a fractured mandible. FEA was used to test both systems prior to experimental tests. The systems were locked in the plate holes at 0°, 10°, 15°, and 20°. Cyclic bending tests and push-out tests were performed in order to determine the stiffness and push-out forces of both locking systems. Finally, newly designed locking system was implemented in mandibular angle fracture. Control locking system was biomechanically superior in push-out test, but with no greater significance. In contrast, the new locking system showed greater stiffness by 17.3% at the deflection angle of 20° in cyclic tests, with lower values for other deflection angles. Similar values were displayed in fractured mandible angle environment. Greater stiffness of the new locking system in cyclic loading tests, together with polyaxiallity of the new locking screw, could lead to easier application and improved biomechanical stability of the mandible angle fractures.

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Bone ScrewsFracture Fixation, InternalMandibleBiomechanical PhenomenaBone PlatesFinite element analysisLocking screwMandible angle fracturesStiffnessVariable locking angle

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PMID37535297
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