Effects of Polyaxial Pedicle Screws on Lumbar Construct Rigidity

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-236

  Shepard, Michael F ^a   Davies, Mark R ^a   Abayan, Arash ^a   Kabo, J Michael ^a   Wang, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion construct; Pedicle screw; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE FUSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; BONE SCREW; SPINE STABILIZATION; SWINE; TORQUE;

TITANIUM;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036062593     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200206000-00012     Document Type: Article

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