A study of the mechanical stability of scoliosis constructs using variable numbers of sublaminar wires

European Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-326

  Gadgil, A ^a,b   Ahmed, E ^a   Rahmatalla, A ^a   Dove, J ^a   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanical testing; Posterior instrumentation; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; LITHOTRIPSY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TORSION; WIRE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0036376976     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0473-z     Document Type: Article

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