Increasing bending strength and pullout strength in conical pedicle screws: Biomechanical tests and finite element analyses

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-138

  Chao, Ching Kong ^a   Hsu, Ching Chi ^a   Wang, Jaw Lin ^b   Lin, Jinn ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bending strength; Conical screws; Finite element analysis; Pullout strength

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIXATION DEVICE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 41949110636     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318073cc4b     Document Type: Article

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