Biomechanical evaluation of posterior screw fixation in cadaveric cervical spines

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 411, Issue , 2003, Pages 13-24

  Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^a,b   Currier, Bradford L ^a   Neale, Patricia G ^a   Hokari, Yukitaka ^a   Berglund, Lawrence J ^a   Larson, Dirk R ^a   Fisher, Dean R ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SENSOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; TORQUE;

EID: 0037904404     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000068359.47147.bd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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