Occipital screw pullout strength: A biomechanical investigation of occipital morphology

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-9

  Haher, Thomas R ^a,b   Yeung, Amy W ^a   Caruso, Steven A ^a   Merola, Andrew A ^a,b   Shin, Tae ^b   Zipnick, Richard I ^b   Gorup, John M ^b   Bono, Christopher ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Box 31   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicortical screw; Biomechanics; Occiput; Pullout strength; Unicortical screw; Wiring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DRILL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WIRE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCIPITAL BONE;

EID: 0032893119     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199901010-00003     Document Type: Article

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