A biomechanical study of 3 different types of sublaminar wire used for constructs in the thoracic spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 442-446

  Murakami, Hideki ^a,b,c   Yamazaki, Ken ^a   Attallah Wasif, Emad S ^b,c   Tsai, Kai Jow ^b,c   Shimamura, Tadashi ^a   Hutton, William C ^b,c  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING; WIRE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33746917466     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200608000-00012     Document Type: Article

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