Reconstruction after multilevel corpectomy in the cervical spine: A sagittal plane biomechanical study

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1186-1191

  Kirkpatrick, John S ^a   Levy, Julie A ^b   Carillo, Jose ^a   Moeini, S Reza ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fusion; Internal fixation; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPECTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0033564602     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199906150-00003     Document Type: Article

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