A biomechanical analysis of C2 corpectomy constructs

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-215

  Puttlitz, Christian M ^a   Harms, Juergen ^b   Xu, Zheng ^c   Deviren, Vedat ^c   Melcher, Robert P ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; C2 corpectomy; Cervical tumor; Reconstruction; Titanium mesh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROTATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33847041155     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.05.016     Document Type: Review

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