Wire fixation techniques of the cervical facets

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 970-976

  Cusick, Joseph F ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Baisden, Jamie ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; cervical; facet wire fixation; laminectomy; spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; LAMINECTOMY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; ROTATION;

EID: 0030980205     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199705010-00007     Document Type: Article

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