Mechanical stability of thoracolumbar pedicle screw fixation: The effect of crosslinks

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1568-1573

  Lynn, Gary ^a   Mukherjee, Debi P ^a   Kruse, Robert N ^a   Sadasivan, Kalia K ^a   Albright, James A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical studies; Internal fixation; Pedicle screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TORSION;

EID: 0031427356     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199707150-00007     Document Type: Article

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