Acute and long-term stability of atlantoaxial fixation methods: A biomechanical comparison of pars, pedicle, and intralaminar fixation in an intact and odontoid fracture model

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-370

  Dmitriev, Anton E ^a   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^a   Helgeson, Melvin D ^a   Sasso, Rick C ^b   Kuhns, Craig ^c   Riew, Daniel K ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Atlantoaxial instability; Axis; Biomechanics; Intralaminar screw; Transpedicular fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRALAMINAR SCREW; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARS SCREW; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TORQUE; TORSION; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; ODONTOID PROCESS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 64749094855     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181976aa9     Document Type: Article

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