Biomechanical Comparison of Anterolateral Plate, Lateral Plate, and Pedicle Screws-Rods for Enhancing Anterolateral Lumbar Interbody Cage Stabilization

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-641

  Bozkus, Hakan ^a   Chamberlain, Robert H ^a   Perez Garza, Luis E ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cage; Interbody fusion; Lumbar spine; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROLATERAL BONE PLATE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT LIMITATION; LATERAL BONE PLATE; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 1542510544     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000115126.13081.7D     Document Type: Article

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