A biomechanical study of posterior spinal instrumentation using pedicle screws with and without cross-links

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-368

  Burney, M Umar ^a   Mukherjee, Debi P ^a   Ogden, Alan L ^a   Robinson, Errin ^a   McCall, Richard E ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Shriners Hospitals for Children in Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cross links; Pedicle screws; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; WOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE SCREW; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TORSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ROTATION; SPINE; TORSION;

EID: 32944472367     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000167754.89778.8e     Document Type: Article

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