A stronger bicortical sacral pedicle screw fixation through the S1 endplate: An in vitro cyclic loading and pull-out force evaluation

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 525-529

  Luk, Keith D K ^a   Chen, Liang ^b   Lu, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bicortical sacral screw fixation; Cyclic loading; Pull out strength; Vertebral endplate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; CORTICAL BONE; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ENDING; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SACRUM; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 14344261941     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000154649.55589.bf     Document Type: Article

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