Pullout resistance of thoracic extrapedicular screws used as a salvage procedure

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-291

  Yüksel, K Zafer ^a   Adams, Mark S ^b   Chamberlain, Robert H ^a   Potocnjak, Mark ^a   Chan Park, Sung ^c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Saginaw Valley Neurosurgery   (United States)

^c Woori Sungmo Neurosurgery Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extrapedicular screws; Pullout test; Salvage procedure; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34247583545     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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