Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome
This PhD thesis describes the design, development and testing of a novel Removable Expandable Screw to improve surgical management of hip fractures. The F-REX Screw demonstrated significant improvement in fixation strength in a clinically relevant testing construct as well as safe removal after medi...
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Curtin University
2024
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| author | Oldakowska, Intan Camellia Watono |
| author_facet | Oldakowska, Intan Camellia Watono |
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| description | This PhD thesis describes the design, development and testing of a novel Removable Expandable Screw to improve surgical management of hip fractures. The F-REX Screw demonstrated significant improvement in fixation strength in a clinically relevant testing construct as well as safe removal after medium-term animal in-vivo implantation. The work conducted in this thesis formed the basis of a spin-out company REX Ortho who continues to develop and commercialise the technology. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-943912024-02-21T00:51:42Z Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome Oldakowska, Intan Camellia Watono This PhD thesis describes the design, development and testing of a novel Removable Expandable Screw to improve surgical management of hip fractures. The F-REX Screw demonstrated significant improvement in fixation strength in a clinically relevant testing construct as well as safe removal after medium-term animal in-vivo implantation. The work conducted in this thesis formed the basis of a spin-out company REX Ortho who continues to develop and commercialise the technology. 2024 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94391 Curtin University restricted |
| spellingShingle | Oldakowska, Intan Camellia Watono Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome |
| title | Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome |
| title_full | Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome |
| title_fullStr | Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome |
| title_short | Development of an Expandable Screw for Hip Fracture Fixation to Improve Patient Outcome |
| title_sort | development of an expandable screw for hip fracture fixation to improve patient outcome |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94391 |