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The Herbert screw is a variable pitch [[cannula]]ted screw typically made from [[titanium]] for its stainless properties as the screw is normally intended to remain in the patient indefinitely. It became generally available in 1978.<ref>S. L. Filan & T. J. Herbert: Herbert screw fixation of scaphoid fractures. J. Bone Jt Surg. 78-B, 519–529, 1996</ref><ref>[http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=983065543&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=983065543.pdf Tanja Mara Goldbrunner; Ergebnisstudie der operativen Versorgung von Scapoid-Pseudoarthrosen] (Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main 2006 on the development and function of his screw)</ref> |
The Herbert screw (invented by [[Timothy Herbert]]) is a variable pitch [[cannula]]ted screw typically made from [[titanium]] for its stainless properties as the screw is normally intended to remain in the patient indefinitely. It became generally available in 1978.<ref>S. L. Filan & T. J. Herbert: Herbert screw fixation of scaphoid fractures. J. Bone Jt Surg. 78-B, 519–529, 1996</ref><ref>[http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=983065543&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=983065543.pdf Tanja Mara Goldbrunner; Ergebnisstudie der operativen Versorgung von Scapoid-Pseudoarthrosen] (Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main 2006 on the development and function of his screw)</ref> |
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The Herbert screw (invented by Timothy Herbert) is a variable pitch cannulated screw typically made from titanium for its stainless properties as the screw is normally intended to remain in the patient indefinitely. It became generally available in 1978.[1][2]
References
- ^ S. L. Filan & T. J. Herbert: Herbert screw fixation of scaphoid fractures. J. Bone Jt Surg. 78-B, 519–529, 1996
- ^ Tanja Mara Goldbrunner; Ergebnisstudie der operativen Versorgung von Scapoid-Pseudoarthrosen (Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main 2006 on the development and function of his screw)