Improved anchorage in osteoporotic vertebrae with new implant designs

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 917-925

  Goldhahn, Jörg ^a,e   Reinhold, M ^b   Stauber, M ^c   Knop, C ^b   Frei, R ^d   Schneider, E ^a   Linke, B ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d AO Development Institute   (Switzerland)

^e SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone structure; Implant; Mechanical testing; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURVIVAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33744473057     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20133     Document Type: Article

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