Dynamic lumbar pedicle screw-rod stabilization: In vitro biomechanical comparison with standard rigid pedicle screw-rod stabilization - Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Bozku̧, Hakan ^a   Şenoǧlu, Mehmet ^b   Baek, Seungwon ^b   Sawa, Anna G U ^b   Özer, Ali Fahir ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Crawford, Neil R ^b  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical study; Dynamic stabilization; Lumbar spine; Rigid stabilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PEDICLE SCREW; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ROTATION; SACRUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76149084840     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.SPINE0951     Document Type: Article

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