A biomechanical study of unilateral posterior atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Nichols, Lois Ann ^a   Mukherjee, Debi P ^a   Ogden, Alan L ^a   Sadasivan, Kalia K ^a   Albright, James A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial stability; Brooks modified wiring; Cervical spine; Unilateral screw fixation

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; GRAFTS; LIGAMENTS; PATHOLOGY;

ANTERIOR TRANSLATION; BENDING STIFFNESS; CERVICAL SPINES; UNILATERAL SCREWS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 13544253728     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i1.40     Document Type: Article

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