Anterior cervical plate fixation: Biomechanical effectiveness as a function of posterior element injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 84-90

  Pitzen, Tobias ^a   Lane, Chris ^b   Goertzen, Darrell ^b   Dvorak, Marcel ^b   Fisher, Charles ^b   Barbier, Dragos ^b   Steudel, Wolf Ingo ^b   Oxland, Thomas ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Implants; Injury; Ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLATE FIXATION; POSTERIOR ELEMENT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA BODY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 0038205968     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.99.1.0084     Document Type: Article

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