A comparison of stainless steel and CP titanium rods for the anterior instrumentation of scoliosis

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Haher, Thomas ^a   Ottaviano, Danielle ^b   Lapman, Peter ^b   Goldfarb, Brian ^b   Merola, Andrew ^b   Valdevit, Antonio ^a  

^a LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Loading; Steel; Stiffness; Thoracic; Titanium

Indexed keywords

DISCECTOMY; THORACIC SPINES;

COMPACTION; RIGIDITY; STAINLESS STEEL; STIFFNESS; TITANIUM; TORSIONAL STRESS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE PLATES; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; STAINLESS STEEL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TITANIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0842290235     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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