Biomechanical study of the lumbar spine using a unilateral pedicle screw fixation system

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-367

  Kasai, Yuichi ^a   Inaba, Tadashi ^a   Kato, Takaya ^a   Matsumura, Yoshihiro ^a   Akeda, Koji ^a   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanical study; Lumbar spine; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 75349106574     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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