Mechanical and histological analysis of bone-pedicle screw interface in vivo: Titanium versus stainless steel

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 456-460

  Sun, Changtai ^a   Huang, Gongyi ^a   Christensen, Finn B ^b   Dalstra, Michel ^b   Overgaard, Søren ^b   Bünger, Cody ^b  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Histomorphometry; Mechanical testing; Pedicle screw; Spinal fusion; Stainless steel; Titanium

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MINIPIG; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPINE FUSION; TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; METHODS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPINAL FUSION; STAINLESS STEEL; SWINE, MINIATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

EID: 0033123442     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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