Biomechanical comparison of cervical transfacet pedicle screws versus pedicle screws

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1390-1393

  Liu, Guan Yi ^a   Xu, Rong Ming ^a   Ma, Wei Hu ^a   Sun, Shao Hua ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Ying, Jiang Wei ^a   Jiang, Wei Yu ^a  

^a Sixth Hospital of Ningbo   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fixation; Pedicle screws; Transfacet pedicle screws

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; PEDICLE SCREW; PLATE FIXATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 51349137900     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200808010-00011     Document Type: Article

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