Biomechanical evaluation of surgical constructs for stabilization of cervical teardrop fractures

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 514-523

  Ianuzzi, Allyson ^a   Zambrano, Isidoro ^b   Tataria, Jigar ^c   Ameerally, Azeema ^a   Agulnick, Marc ^b   Little Goodwin, Jesse S ^a   Stephen, Mark ^b   Khalsa, Partap S ^a,b  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior instrumentation; Biomechanical testing; Cervical spine; Combined anterior and posterior instrumentation; Implant stability; Instability; Posterior instrumentation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; TORSION; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 33747373141     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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