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. 2021 Jan 6;14(2):237. doi: 10.3390/ma14020237

Table 1.

Axial pull-out force change during screw material resorption (mean ± standard deviation).

Time [Weeks] MgYREZr [N] PLGA [N] Note
0 399 ± 7.5 138 ± 26.5 p < 0.01
2 367 ± 28.6 147 ± 4.3 p < 0.01
4 249 ± 34.2 143 ± 11.0 p < 0.01
8 118 ± 71.1 97 ± 17.3 NS
12 201 ± 27.1 72 ± 27.2 p < 0.01
16 102 ± 36.4 49 ± 7.0 p < 0.01

MgYREZr—magnesium alloy screw. PLGA—poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) screw. NS—no statistical significance.