Is it safe to back out pedicle screws after augmentation with polymethyl methacrylate or calcium phosphate cement?: A biomechanical study

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 276-279

  Cho, Woojin ^a   Wu, Chunhui ^a   Zheng, Xiujun ^a   Erkan, Serkan ^a   Suratwala, Sanjeev J ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^a   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium phosphate cement; cement augmentation; maximum insertional torque; maximum removal torque; osteoporosis; pedicle screw; polymethyl methacrylate; revision

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE RECALL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; BONE SCREWS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 79958192758     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181f605d0     Document Type: Article

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