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. 2016 Jun 22;474(11):2522–2530. doi: 10.1007/s11999-016-4934-9

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

To determine screw subsidence as an additional measure of screw loosening, the length of the medial-sided screw hole in S1 was quantified from inside the fracture after biomechanical testing. Screw subsidence was defined as the difference between maximum screw hole diameter and the core diameter of the screw.