Pedicle screw augmentation with polyethylene tape: A biomechanical study in the osteoporotic thoracolumbar spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Hamasaki, Takahiko ^a,b,c,d   Tanaka, Nobuhiro ^b   Kim, Jinhwan ^a   Okada, Motohiro ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^b   Hutton, William C ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fixation strength; Nesplon tape; Osteoporosis; Pedicle screw augmentation; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ROD; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; NESPLON TAPE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; SURGICAL TAPE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77951069438     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31819942cd     Document Type: Article

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