Comparative assessment of sacral screw loosening augmented with PMMA versus a calcium triglyceride bone cement

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  McLachlin, Stewart D ^a   Saleh, Khalid Al ^a   Gurr, Kevin R ^a,b   Bailey, Stewart I ^a,b   Bailey, Chris S ^a,b   Dunning, Cynthia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cement augmentation; sacrum; screw loosening; Spine biomechanics; spine fi xation

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; CALCIUM TRIGLYCERIDE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; FIXATION DEVICE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CEMENTS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79955652010     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181fb73ea     Document Type: Article

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