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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Guglielmino, E. | La Rosa, G. | Russo, T.C. | Torrisi, L.
Affiliations: Istituto di Macchine, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy | Istituto di Clinica Ortopedica, Università di Catania, Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele II, Via del Plebiscito 628, 95124 Catania, Italy | Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Messina, salita Sperone 31, 98166 S. Agata (ME), Italy
Abstract: Metallic screws are becoming more and more useful to join bones or for prothesis support in orthopaedic and dental surgery. High biocompatible materials such as titanium alloys and hydroxyapatite ceramics are making possible the realization of stable fixation devices utilizable in load-bearing applications. The mechanical and biological anchorage of metallic screws to the bone depends on many factors: mechanical screws-bone thread matching, use of cements between bone and screw, chemical-physical treatments of screw surface, use of screw coverage films based on osteointegrating ceramics or active bioglasses, use of porous coverage films to induce bone ingrowth into the pore, and so on. The first step of the research, the aim of the present paper, is the comparison among screws of different shapes and geometric characteristics in order to find the best macromechanical system versus the different load conditions. Static and dynamic tests are applied to the screws mounted on segments of pig spine, in order to measure the mechanical characteristics of the system under tension (pull-out), bending on the principal planes along the axis of the screw and fatigue loads. Physical analysis, obtained using energetic charged particles, such as SEM, RBS, and AES, are used to charactelize the screw surface compositions and morphology.
Keywords: spinal surgery, biocompatible screws, bio-mechanical adhesion
DOI: 10.3233/BME-1995-5101
Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-7, 1995
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