Biomechanical comparison of a novel C1 posterior locking plate with the harms technique in A C1-C2 fixation model

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Kelly, Brian P ^a   Glaser, John A ^b   Diangelo, Denis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Biomechanics; C1 anatomy; C1 lateral mass screw; C1 posterior plate; C2 pars screw; Intralaminar screw; Spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58949099971     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318185943d     Document Type: Article

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