Biomechanical testing of posterior atlantoaxial fixation techniques

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2435-2440

  Melcher, Robert P ^a   Puttlitz, Christian M ^a   Kleinstueck, Frank S ^a   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a   Harms, Juergen ^a   Bradford, David S ^a  

^a Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Craniovertebral junction; Internal fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0037112085     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200211150-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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