Biomechanical rigidity of cadaveric cervical spine with posterior versus combined posterior and anterior instrumentation: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-138

  Dahdaleh, Nader S ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a   Torner, James C ^b   Lim, Tae Hong ^c   Hitchon, Patrick W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Biomechanical testing; Circumferential fusion; Instrumentation; Posterior cervical fusion; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION; BONE SCREW; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE FUSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 65249183170     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.SPI08416     Document Type: Article

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