The biomechanical effect of pedicle screw hubbing on pullout resistance in the thoracic spine

Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-424

  Paik, Haines ^a   Dmitriev, Anton E ^a,b   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^a,b   Gaume, Rachel E ^a,b   Ambati, Divya V ^a,b   Kang, Daniel G ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanic; Hubbing; Pedicle screw; Pullout strength; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84862213092     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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