The impact of cervical pedicle screws for primary stability in multilevel posterior cervical stabilizations

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Schmidt, René ^a   Koller, Heiko ^b   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^c   Brade, Joachim ^d   Zenner, Juliane ^b   Meier, Oliver ^b   Ferraris, Luis ^b   Mayer, Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

biomechanics; lateral mass screws; pedicle screws; posterior cervical spine stabilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78149250682     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e6bc59     Document Type: Article

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