Angular stable anterior plating following thoracolumbar corpectomy reveals superior segmental stability compared to conventional polyaxial plate fixation

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1429-1437

  Disch, Alexander C ^a   Knop, Christian ^b   Schaser, Klaus D ^a   Blauth, Michael ^b   Schmoelz, Werner ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angular stability; Biomechanics; Corpectomy; Reconstruction; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATOR; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR CORPECTOMY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TILTING; AGED; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 46749103284     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318175c342     Document Type: Article

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