Effect of monocortical and bicortical screw numbers on the properties of a locking plate-intramedullary rod configuration

Field, E. J.; Parsons, Kevin; Etches, Julie A; Hamilton, K. A.; Burton, Neil J.

doi:10.3415/vcot-16-03-0040

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“…Therefore, a locking construct requires engagement of fewer cortices than a non-locking to achieve similar load resistance. In a study of 30 Greyhound femurs, Field et al (36) demonstrated that axially loaded locking monocortical platerod constructs conferred no difference biomechanically to those employing locking bicortical screws. In our study, no construct failures were attributed to the monocortical screws.…”

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Biomechanical Comparison of Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy Performed With a Novel Titanium Alloy Locking Plate Construct vs. an Established Stainless-Steel Locking Plate Construct

Bleakley¹,

Palmer

Miller³

et al. 2021

Front. Vet. Sci.

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A novel canine tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) fixation device was recently developed with design features such as titanium alloy (TA) material, distal monocortical screw fixation, and a point contact undersurface specifically targeted to reduce surgical site infection rates by ensuring tissue perfusion under the plate. The strength of the novel TPLO construct was compared with that of a predicate stainless steel (SS) locking plate construct with bicortical screws in 16 paired cadaveric canine limbs. The mean loads to failure were 716.71 ± 109.50 N (range 455.69–839.69 N) and 629.50 ± 176.83 N (range 272.58–856.18 N) in the TA and SS groups, respectively. The average ratio of the loads to failure of the paired specimens was 1.18 (p = 0.031). No failure of the TA constructs involved the distal fixation with monocortical screws. Substantial mechanical equivalence of this novel TA monocortical/bicortical fixation construct to an established SS bicortical screw fixation construct is demonstrated. Clinical investigation of potential merits of this novel TA, monocortical/bicortical locking screw/plate system is now warranted.

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confidence: 99%