A biomechanical assessment of thoracic spine stapling

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 766-771

  Puttlitz, Christian M ^a   Masaru, Fujita ^b   Barkley, Antonia ^c   Diab, Mohammed ^b   Acaroglu, Emre ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Shape memory alloy; Staples; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL STAPLING; THEORETICAL STUDY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL FIXATION DEVICES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34147154820     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000259073.16006.ed     Document Type: Article

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