Cervical anterior transpedicular screw fixation (ATPS)-Part II. Accuracy of manual insertion and pull-out strength of ATPS

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-555

  Koller, Heiko ^a   Acosta, Frank ^c   Tauber, Mark ^a   Fox, Michael ^d   Martin, Hudelmaier ^a   Forstner, Rosmarie ^a   Augat, Peter ^a,b   Penzkofer, Rainer ^a,b   Pirich, Christian ^a   Kassmann H ^a   Resch, Herbert ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cervical spine; Instrumentation; Pedicle screw; Pull out strength

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42149158335     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0573-x     Document Type: Article

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