Abstract: A locking peg includes a head and a shaft. The head is at the proximal end of the locking peg, and a shaft extends distally from the head to a distal end of the locking peg. The shaft has a threaded proximal portion and an unthreaded distal portion. A length of the unthreaded distal portion of the shaft is greater than a length of the threaded proximal portion of the shaft. When the locking peg is inserted into a bone through a bone plate, the threaded proximal portion of the shaft extends into the bone. This extended threading provides additional axial force to help explant the locking peg during removal of the locking peg.

Abstract: An absorbent core to be used in a disposable absorbent article is disclosed, the absorbent core being wrapped in a film of a non-woven fabric of any composition, with a basis weight of between about 10 and 15 g/m2 and a pore size of between about 45 and 150 microns, such that there is an improvement in the characteristics of liquid return to the surface, integrity, softness, flexibility and lateral leakages thereof. Also disclosed is a disposable absorbent article containing same.