Physical characteristics of polyaxial-headed pedicle screws and biomechanical comparison of load with their failure

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 470-473

  Fogel, Guy R ^a   Reitman, Charles A ^a   Liu, Weiqiang ^a   Esses, Stephen I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Equipment design; Pedicle screws; Spinal fusion instrumentation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037342122     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000048652.45964.2E     Document Type: Article

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