Stabilizing potential of anterior, posterior, and circumferential fixation for multilevel cervical arthrodesis: An in vitro human cadaveric study of the operative and adjacent segment kinematics

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Dmitriev, Anton E ^a   Kuklo, Timothy R ^a   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^a   Rosner, Michael K ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent level kinematics; Biomechanics; Cervical fusion; Multilevel fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; FLEXOR REFLEX; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; TORQUE;

EID: 34147191045     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000257577.70576.07     Document Type: Article

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