Anterior thoracolumbar instrumentation: Stiffness and load sharing characteristics of plate and rod systems

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1794-1801

  Brodke, Darrel S ^a   Gollogly, Sohrab ^a   Bachus, Kent N ^a   Mohr, R Alexander ^a   Nguyen, Bao Khang N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Corpectomy reconstruction; Instrumentation; Load sharing; Lumbar spine; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GRAFT FAILURE; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0041472693     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000083201.55495.0E     Document Type: Article

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