Anterior Vertebral Body Screw Pullout Testing with the Hollow Modular Anchorage System - A Comparative in vitro Study

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 356-361

  Schramm, Michael ^a,d   Krummbein, S ^b   Kraus, H ^a   Pitto, R P ^c   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b Eichsfeld Klinikum   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Orthopadische Praxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Implant design; Monocortical anchorage; Pullout strength; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); STATISTICAL METHODS; SURGERY; TITANIUM;

SERVOHYDRAULIC TESTING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

TITANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METAL IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0348048491     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.2003.48.12.356     Document Type: Article

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