A biomechanical comparison of three anterior thoracolumbar implants after corpectomy: Are two screws better than one?

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-218

  Chou, Dean ^b   Larios, Adolfo Espinoza ^b   Chamberlain, Robert H ^b   Fifield, Mary S ^b   Hartl, Roger ^b   Dickman, Curtis A ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Crawford, Neil R ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior fixation; Biomechanics; Corpectomy; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RANGE OF MOTION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33645747177     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.3.213     Document Type: Article

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