Spinal instrumentation for sacral-pelvic fixation: A biomechanical comparison between constructs ending with either S2 bicortical, bitriangulated screws or iliac screws

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 506-512

  Kim, Jin Hwan ^a,b,c   Horton, William ^a   Hamasaki, Takahiko ^a   Freedman, Brett ^a   Whitesides Jr , Thomas E ^a   Hutton, William C ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; iliac screws; S2 screws; sacral pelvic fixation; spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICORTICAL BITRIANGULATED S2 SCREW; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIAC SCREW; MEASUREMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; S1 SCREW; SACRUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650385318     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181c37438     Document Type: Article

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