Stiffness between different directions of transpedicular screws and vertebra

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Wu, Shing Sheng ^a   Edwards, W Thomas ^b   Yuan, Hansen A ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Pedicle screws; Spine fixation; Surgical technique; Vertebral bone density

Indexed keywords

BONE; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SCREWS; STIFFNESS;

TRANSPEDICULAR SCREWS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 22544471268     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0268-0033(97)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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