Comparative pull-out strength of tapped and untapped pilot holes for bicortical anterior cervical screws

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Ronderos, Juan F ^a   Jacobowitz, Ronald ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a,c  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cervical screw plates; screw fixation; screw pull out strength; spinal biomechanics; spinal fixation; spinal trauma

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0031044771     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199701150-00007     Document Type: Article

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