Comparison of the Lag Screw Placements for the Treatment of Stable and Unstable Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures regarding Trabecular Bone Failure

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Young’s modulus (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">Poisson’s ratio</td><td class="align_center">Density (kg/m<sup>3</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">316L stainless steel (DHS)</td><td class="align_center">193000</td><td class="align_center">0.3</td><td class="align_center">8000</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cortical bone</td><td class="align_center">15000</td><td class="align_center">0.3</td><td class="align_center">1900</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Trabecular bone</td><td class="align_center">1050</td><td class="align_center">0.3</td><td class="align_center">700</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Material properties of femur cortical and trabecular bone and DHS implant [<a href="/journals/jme/2016/5470798/#B15">14</a>].

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Table 1: Comparison of the Lag Screw Placements for the Treatment of Stable and Unstable Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures regarding Trabecular Bone Failure 

Table 1 | Comparison of the Lag Screw Placements for the Treatment of Stable and Unstable Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures regarding Trabecular Bone Failure 