Biomechanical comparison of inside-outside screws, cables, and regular screws, using a sawbone model

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Caglar, Yusuf Sukru ^a   Torun, Fuat ^a   Pait, Thomas Glenn ^b   Hogue, William ^b   Bozkurt, Melih ^a   Özgen, Serdar ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone screws; Inside outside screw fixation; Occipitocervical fixation; Sawbone; Wire fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CALCULATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; STUDENT T TEST;

ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE WIRES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 11944259110     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0350-9     Document Type: Article

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