Effects of bone materials on the screw pull-out strength in human spine

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 795-801

  Zhang, Qing Hang ^a   Tan, Soon Huat ^a   Chou, Siaw Meng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bone material; Finite element modeling; Fixation screw; Pull out; Spine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURGERY;

BONE MATERIAL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FIXATION SCREW; PULL-OUT; SPINE;

BONE;

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33744982619     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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