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Locking plates have become ubiquitous in modern fracture surgery. Recently, manufacturers have developed locking plates with polyaxial screw capabilities in order to optimise screw placement. It has already been demonstrated that inserting uniaxial locking screws off axis results in weaker loads to failure. Our hypothesis was that even implants specifically designed for polyaxial insertion would experience...
Patients with hip fractures are older and often present many co-morbidities, including dementia. These patients cannot answer quality of life questionnaires and are generally excluded from trials. We hypothesized that a significant number of patients are being excluded from these studies and this may impact outcomes. This was a two part study; the first analyzing databases of two ongoing large-scale...
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