Biomechanics of cervical laminoplasty: Kinetic studies comparing different surgical techniques, temporal effects and the degree of level involvement

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-221

  Puttlitz, Christian M ^a   Deviren, Vedat ^a   Smith, Jason A ^a   Kleinstueck, Frank S ^a   Tran, Quy N H ^a   Thurlow, Ralph W ^b   Eisele, Pamela ^b   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Laminoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LAMINOPLASTY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; GOATS; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 2442665107     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0684-6     Document Type: Article

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