Multicycle mechanical performance of titanium and stainless steel transpedicular spine implants

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 782-788

  Pienkowski, David ^a,b   Stephens, George C ^a,c   Doers, Thomas M ^a   Hamilton, Doris M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpectomy model; Fatigue life; Flexure stiffness; Spine implants; Stainless steel; Titanium alloy; Transpedicular

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; BONE STRESS; DEVICE; HALF LIFE TIME; METAL IMPLANTATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RIGIDITY; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA BODY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINAL FUSION; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032055996     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804010-00008     Document Type: Article

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