Posterior atlantoaxial fixation: Biomechanical in vitro comparison of six different techniques

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1724-1732

  Richter, Marcus ^a   Schmidt, René ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a   Puhl, Wolfhart ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Biomechanics; Claw fixation; Immediate stability; Sublaminar wiring; Transarticular screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL FIXATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TITANIUM;

EID: 0037102598     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200208150-00008     Document Type: Article

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