A biomechanical evaluation of three revision screw strategies for failed lateral mass fixation

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2415-2421

  Hostin, Richard A ^a   Wu, Chunhui ^a   Perra, Joseph H ^a   Polly, David W ^b   Akesen, Burak ^c   Wroblewski, Jill M ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical pedicle screws; Lateral mass screws; Revision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PEDICLE SCREW; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; ADULT; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TORQUE;

EID: 58149180583     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818916e3     Document Type: Article

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