Substitution of transpedicular screws by hook claws in a vertebrectomy model

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-40

  Margulies, Joseph Y ^a   Caruso, Steve A ^c   Chattar Cora, Deowall ^a   Gorup, John M ^c   Puri, Rajiv ^b   Thampi, Samuel P ^a   Haher, Thomas R ^c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Hook claw; Pedicle defect; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0031906241     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199802000-00006     Document Type: Article

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