Biomechanics of unilateral compared with bilateral lumbar pedicle screw fixation for stabilization of unilateral vertebral disease: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Yücesoy, Kemal ^a   Yüksel, K Zafer ^b,c   Baek, Seungwon ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Crawford, Neil R ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical spinal instrumentation; Biomechanics; Pedicle screw fixation; Unilateral spinal instrumentation; Unilateral vertebral disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TORQUE;

EID: 37849049353     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-08/01/044     Document Type: Article

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