Sentence examples for screw removal from inspiring English sources
Most implant suppliers, and also some third parties, provide specific instrumentation to remove broken screws from implants (i.e., Certain screw removal kit, Biomet 3I, Palm Beach Gardens, United States; screw removal kit NobelReplace, Nobel Biocare, Göteborg, Sweden; Neo screw remover kit, Neobiotech Co, South Korea).
Problems with this type of fixation have been reported and included the following: late syndesmotic widening after screw removal; screw loosening; screw breakage; the need for a second operation to remove the screw; and morbidity associated with prolonged immobilization [5, 9].
This study aimed to improve screw socket design to prevent slippage and difficult screw removal.
In fact, this new technique makes the need for a less invasive method of pedicle screw removal greater now than ever.
Overall, 19 patients needed a non-planned secondary intervention, of which 12 were deemed a minor procedure (e.g. 'dynamisation by distal screw removal').
A method of adjusting fracture alignment after plate placement, without screw removal, presents an improvement over costly and risky revision surgery.
Reports of driver slippage leading to difficult locking screw removals have increased since the adoption of titanium for screw fabrication; the use of titanium is known to cause cross-threading and cold welding.
Overall, in 32 of 68 patients (47%) secondary surgeries including screw removals were undertaken during follow-up.
The pain resolved 1 day post-screw removal, and within 6 weeks, the common peroneal nerve palsy had resolved.
In another 27 patients (11%), isolated screw(s) removal was performed due to painful prominence of screw head.
To our knowledge, we describe the first acute vertebral compression fracture after percutaneous pedicle screw implant removal in a young man which occurred during an episode of forceful coughing.
