Effects of angle and laminectomy on triangulated pedicle screws

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1186-1191

  Kilinçer, Cumhur ^a   Inceoglu, Serkan ^b   Sohn, Moon Jun ^c   Ferrara, Lisa A ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animal models; Biomechanics; Bone screw; Internal fracture fixation; Testing; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; LAMINECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; TRIANGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CATTLE; LAMINECTOMY; SPINE;

EID: 36048998736     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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