Posterior plating of the cervical spine: A biomechanical comparison of different posterior fusion techniques

Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 813-816

  Gill, Kevin ^a   Paschal, Scott ^a   Corin, James ^b   Ashman, Richard ^b   Bucholz, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal fixation devices; Mechanical testing; Posterior cervical fusion; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT; NECK; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023773086     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198807000-00018     Document Type: Article

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