Axial and tangential fixation strength of pedicle screws versus hooks in the thoracic spine in relation to bone mineral density

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 937-942

  Hackenberg, Lars ^a   Link, Thomas ^a   Liljenqvist, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laminar hook; Pedicle hook; Pedicle screw; Pullout strength; Tangential fixation strength; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036570533     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200205010-00010     Document Type: Article

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