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Abstract
Orthopaedic screws insertion can be trivialised as a simple procedure, however it is frequently performed poorly. Limited work exists defining how well surgeons insert screws or whether augmented screwdrivers can aid surgeons to reduce stripping rates and optimise tightness. We aimed to establish the performance of surgeons inserting screws and whether this be improved with screwdriver augmentation. 302 orthopaedic surgeons tightened 10 non-locking screws to what they determined to be optimum tightness into artificial bone sheets. The confidence in the screw purchase was given (1-10). A further 10 screws were tightened, using an augmented screwdriver that indicated when a predetermined optimum tightness was reached. The tightness for unstripped insertions under normal conditions and with the augmented screwdriver were 81% (95% CI 79-82%)(n=1,275) and 70% (95% CI 69-72%)(n=2,577) (p
Original language | English |
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Article number | 20076 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 22 Nov 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Dec 2022 |
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Fellowship for James Fletcher - Optimal surgical techniques to reduce screw failure in fragility fractures
Fletcher, J. & Preatoni, E.
14/09/18 → 13/09/19
Project: UK charity
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Improving Fracture Fixation - The Role of Insertion Forces on Construct Stability
Preatoni, E. & Fletcher, J.
David Telling Charitable Trust
1/02/17 → 30/09/18
Project: UK charity
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Dataset for "Augmented screwdrivers can increase the performance of orthopaedic surgeons compared with use of normal screwdrivers"
Fletcher, J. (Creator), Neumann, V. (Creator), Silva-Henao, J. (Creator), Burdon, A. (Creator), Mys, K. (Creator), Panagiotopoulou, V. (Creator), Gueorguiev, B. (Creator), Richards, R. G. (Creator), Whitehouse, M. (Creator), Preatoni, E. (Creator) & Gill, R. (Creator), University of Bath, 22 Nov 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00956
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