Wear and corrosion in retrieved thoracolumbar posterior internal fixation

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2454-2462

  Villarraga, Marta L ^a,b   Cripton, Peter A ^c   Teti, Stephanie D ^a,b   Steffey, Duane L ^a,d   Krisnamuthy, Saki ^a   Albert, Todd ^e   Hilibrand, Alan ^e   Vaccaro, Alexander ^e  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Interconnectors; Pedicle screw; Retrieval study; Revision surgery; Rod; Spine implant; Stainless steel; Titanium; Wear

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SCOLIOSIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORROSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749528814     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000239132.16484.be     Document Type: Article

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