Evaluation of skull thickness and insertion torque at the halo pin insertion areas in the elderly: a cadaveric study

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-693

  Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Liu, Jiayong ^a   Patil, Vishwas ^a   Sanford Jr , Chris G ^a   Crotty, Michael J ^a   Haman, Steven P ^a   Yeasting, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Halo fixation; Pin loosing; Pin site infection; Skull anatomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL; TORQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; CRANIOTOMY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORQUE;

EID: 35848948625     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.09.007     Document Type: Review

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