The role of the dorsal vertebral cortex in the stability of transpedicular screws: A biomechanical study in human cadaveric vertebrae

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 692-695

  Karataglis, D ^a   Kapetanos, G ^a   Lontos, A ^a   Christodoulou, A ^a   Christoforides, J ^a   Pournaras, J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646831822     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B5.17422     Document Type: Article

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