Anterior occiput to axis screw fixation. Part II: A biomechanical comparison with posterior fixation techniques

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Dvorak, Marcel F S ^a,c   Sekeramayi, Floyd ^a   Zhu, Qingan ^a   Hoekema, Joel ^a   Fisher, Charles ^a   Boyd, Mike ^b   Goertzen, Darrell J ^a   Oxland, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Cervical fixation; Occipitocervical arthrodesis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; MATERIALS TESTING; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037318214     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200302010-00007     Document Type: Article

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