The effects of rod contouring on spinal construct fatigue strength

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1680-1687

  Lindsey, Colleen ^a,b   Deviren, Vedat ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Yeh, Ru Fang ^a   Puttlitz, Christian M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; French Bender; Rod contouring; Spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FATIGUE; INSTRUMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK; SPINAL FUSION; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TITANIUM;

EID: 33745725997     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000224177.97846.00     Document Type: Article

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