Sentence examples for nail diameter from inspiring English sources
Important parameters are nail diameter, nail material, cross-section (open vs. closed) and design of the screw/nail interface.
Numerical simulations were conducted to understand the thermal runaway process and the effects of flow rate, thermal abuse reactions, nail penetration depth, and nail diameter.
Neither nail diameter nor number of locking screws is of primary importance in achieving fracture union in the acute fracture.
No correlation was found between union and nail diameter (P = 0.501) or the number of locking screws used (P = 0.287).
In 16 patients, a nail diameter of 2.5 mm was used, while in 3 patients the 3 mm nail was used.
The role of nail diameter, number of locking screws, nail dynamization and supplementary bone grafting in tibial nonunions were also investigated.
In most prior studies, first generation intramedullary nails were used and had proximal nail diameters of 17 mm, available distal diameters between 12 and 16 mm, mediolateral curvature of 10° and a length of 200 mm.
In this study, the nail diameters required for fixation were the 2.5 mm and the 3 mm, and these resulted in perfect adaptation to the complex anatomical shape of the clavicle with good stability.
A new generation of solid nails has been available from the manufacturer since June 2013, making both custom nail diameters available with various nail lengths and simplifying the surgical technique, without any extension rods and set screws.
In the first-generation PRECICE, which was used in this study, an extension rod, available with nail diameters of 10.7 mm and 12.5 mm, was screwed onto the lengthening unit using a set screw.
The treatment combination consisted of elastic intramedullary nailing (two ascending Titanium Nails, diameter depending on the medullar canal between 2.0 an 3.0 mm, Fa. Santech Nord, Germany), curettage, artificial bone substitute (Orthoss®, Fa. Geistlich, Germany) and autologous platelet rich plasma (GPS®, Biomet Merck Biomaterials, Berlin, Germany).
