The effect of repetitive pilot-hole use on the insertion torque and pullout strength of vertebral system screws

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 871-876

  Defino, Helton L A ^a,c   Rosa, Rodrigo César ^a   Silva, Patrícia ^a   Shimano, Antonio Carlos ^a   Volpon, José Batista ^a   De Paula, Francisco José Albuquerque ^a   Schleicher, Philipp ^b   Schnake, Klaus ^b   Kandziora, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c 235 Jardim Canadá ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone screws; Insertion torque; Retentive strength; Spine

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; EVALUATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE SCREW HOLE; STRENGTH; TORQUE; VERTEBRA; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SCREWS; CATTLE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PINUS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHANES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TORQUE; WOOD;

EID: 67650675604     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819e3556     Document Type: Article

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