In vitro comparison of the pullout strength of 3 anterior double-screw fixation techniques with different screw angulations

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-371

  Fuerderer, Sebastian ^a   Vonhoegen, Jan ^b   Coenen, Oliver ^c   Michael, Joern ^b   Koebke, Juergen ^d   Eysel, Peer ^b  

^a Klinikum Mutterhaus der Borromaerinnen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Unfallchirurgie und Sporttraumatologie Köln Merheim   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal fixation; ART anterior system; Double screw fixation system; Hopf anterior fixation system; Stability; VentroFix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL TORSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRIANGULATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952375181     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.SPINE09495     Document Type: Article

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