Salvage of C2 pedicle and pars screws using the intralaminar technique: A biomechanical analysis

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 960-965

  Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^a   Dmitriev, Anton E ^a   Helgeson, Melvin D ^a   Sasso, Rick C ^b   Kuklo, Timothy R ^c   Riew, K Daniel ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Catastrophizing; Chronic pain; Diagnosis; Disability; Low back pain; Pain beliefs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRALAMINAR TECHNIQUE; LAMINAR SCREW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARS SCREW; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

EID: 42449138374     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816c915b     Document Type: Article

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