A titanium expandable pedicle screw improves initial pullout strength as compared with standard pedicle screws

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 777-781

  Vishnubhotla, Srilakshmi ^a   McGarry, William B ^a   Mahar, Andrew T ^a,b   Gelb, Daniel E ^c  

^a Alphatec Spine Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical stability; Expandable titanium pedicle screw; Osteoporosis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXPANDABLE TITANIUM PEDICLE SCREW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM;

EID: 80052967265     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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