Enhanced primary stability through additional cementable cannulated rescue screw for anterior thoracolumbar plate application

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-55

  Schultheiss, Markus ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Kinzl, Lothar ^a   Hartwig, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanical study; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Screw fixation; Spinal stabilization

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0037218718     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.98.1.0050     Document Type: Article

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