A new stand-alone cervical anterior interbody fusion device: Biomechanical comparison with established anterior cervical fixation devices

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Scholz, Matti ^a   Reyes, Phillip M ^b   Schleicher, Philipp ^a   Sawa, Anna G U ^b   Baek, Seungwon ^b   Kandziora, Frank ^a   Marciano, Frederick F ^b   Crawford, Neil R ^b  

^a Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurotraumatology   (Germany)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Biomechanical evaluation; Cervical fixation; Stand alone

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 64049115744     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818ff9c4     Document Type: Article

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