DensiProbe spine: A novel instrument for intraoperative measurement of bone density in transpedicular screw fixation

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 607-612

  Deckelmann, Stephan ^a,b   Schwyn, Ronald ^a   Van Der Pol, Bas ^c   Windolf, Markus ^c   Heini, Paul F ^d   Benneker, Lorin M ^d  

^a AO Development Institute   (Switzerland)

^b BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Breakaway torque; Dorsal instrumentation; Indentation force; Osteoporosis; Pedicle screw cut out; Regional bone mineral density; Spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VERTEBRA; AGED; DEVICES; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PEDICLE SCREWS; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78650104075     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bc9470     Document Type: Article

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