Anterior vertebral body screw pullout testing: A comparison of Zielke, Kaneda, Universal Spine System, and Universal Spine System with pullout- resistant nut

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 908-910

  Lieberman, Isador H ^a   Khazim, Rabi ^b   Woodside, Terence ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Section of Spinal Surgery / A41 ^*

Author keywords

Anterior vertebral body screws; Biomechanical testing; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; SPINAL FUSION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0032522914     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804150-00012     Document Type: Article

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