Factors affecting the pullout strength of self-drilling and self-tapping anterior cervical screws

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-13

  Hitchon, Patrick W ^a   Brenton, Matthew D ^a   Coppes, Justin K ^a   From, Aaron M ^a   Torner, James C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Cervical plates; Spinal biomechanics; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORQUE;

EID: 0037228899     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200301010-00004     Document Type: Article

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