Biomechanical evaluation of short-segment posterior instrumentation with and without crosslinks in a human cadaveric unstable thoracolumbar burst fracture model

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-285

  Wahba, George M ^a   Bhatia, Nitin ^a   Bui, Christopher N H ^b   Lee, Kenneth H ^b   Lee, Thay Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Crosslinks; Short segment posterior instrumentation; Thoracolumbar burst fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BURST FRACTURE; CADAVER; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 76449104038     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bda4e6     Document Type: Article

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