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Contents
ABSTRACT 8
1. Introduction 10
2. Materials and Methods 12
2.1. Cadaver collection and specimen preparation 12
2.2. Surgical procedure 14
2.2.1. Group A (two K-wires and orthopedic wire placement) 14
2.2.2. Group B (two K-wires and #2 FiberWire placement) 14
2.2.3. Group C (BioComposite PushLock anchor, 2.9mm and suture tape, 1.3mm) 15
2.3. Biomechanical testing 17
2.4. Statistical analyses 18
3. Results 20
3.1. Loads at 1 mm Displacement 20
3.2. Loads at 2 mm Displacement 20
3.3. Loads at 3 mm Displacement 21
3.4. Maximum Failure Load (MFL) 21
3.5. Modes of Failure 21
4. Discussion 28
5. Conclusion 33
References 34
Abstract (in Korean) 37
Table 1. Results of Loads at 1-, 2-, and 3-mm displacement in canine cadavers of the study 22
Table 2. Results of Maximum Failure Load in canine cadavers of the study 24
Table 3. Results of type of failure in canine cadavers of the study 26
Figure 1. Images of calcaneus osteotomies show that Osteotomy sites were planned to be at 50% of the distance from the plane containing the coracoid... 13
Figure 2. Illustrations of repair method in calcaneus fracture, In group A, two parallel K-wires were inserted, then The transverse hole was used to thread... 16
Figure 3. A photograph of biomechanical tensile force test in canine cadaveric study. The sample was secured in a lateral position on the wooden board,... 19
Figure 4. Results of Load to 1mm gap formation, 2mm gap formation, and 3mm gap formation for each group in canine cadavers of the study... 23
Figure 5. Results of Load to failure for each group in canine cadavers of the study. Significantly different groups are indicated using different letters (P<... 25
Figure 6. Comparisons of force resisted by Achilles mechanism and the results of this experiment, Under the load generated during walking (43.76 N),... 27