Effect of insertional temperature on the pullout strength of pedicle screws inserted into thoracic vertebrae: An in vitro calf study

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Tosun, Bilgehan ^a   Snmazçelik, Tamer ^a   Buluç, Levent ^a   Cürgül, Ismail ^a   Sarlak, Ahmet Ylmaz ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Microcrack; Pedicle screw; Pullout strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TORQUE; VERTEBRA; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COLD; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINE FUSION;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; CATTLE; COLD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 55449138414     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817c4f9c     Document Type: Article

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