The role of bone graft force in stabilizing the multilevel anterior cervical spine plate system

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1649-1654

  Wang, Jaw Lin ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a   Isomi, Taku ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior plate; Bone graft; Cervical locking plate system; Cervical spine; Cyclic fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; FATIGUE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRENGTH; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033925114     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007010-00008     Document Type: Article

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