The influence of pilot hole diameter on screw pullout resistance;Influência do diâmetro do orifício piloto na resistência ao arrancamento dos parafusos do corpo vertebral

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-79

  Defino, Helton L A ^a   Wichr, Célia Regina Galloro ^a   Shimano, Antônio Carlos ^a   Kandziora, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone screw; Spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548686606     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-78522007000200003     Document Type: Article

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