Anterior cervical plate fixation: A biomechanical study to evaluate the effects of plate design, endplate preparation, and bone mineral density

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-301

  Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,c   Pitzen, Tobias ^b   Zhu, Qingan ^a   Gordon, Jeff D ^a   Fisher, Charles G ^a   Oxland, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c D 609 Heather Pavilion ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior plate; Biomechanics; Bone mineral density; Cervical spine; Endplate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIGAMENT; MOTION; NERVE ENDING; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLIABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 13444303836     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000152154.57171.92     Document Type: Article

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