Is a single anterolateral screw-plate fixation sufficient for the treatment of spinal fractures in the thoracolumbar junction? A Biomechanical in vitro Investigation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Schreiber, Ulrich ^a   Bence, Tibor ^a   Grupp, Thomas ^b   Steinhauser, Erwin ^a   Mückley, Thomas ^c   Mittelmeier, Wolfram ^a   Beisse, Rudolf ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^c BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; In vitro testing; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOADING TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RIGIDITY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOSCOPY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 16344390974     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0770-9     Document Type: Article

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