The biomechanical effect of pedicle screws' insertion angle and position on the superior adjacent segment in 1 segment lumbar fusion

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1637-1644

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Chun, Heoung Jae ^b   Kang, Kyoung Tak ^b   Moon, Seong Hwan ^b   Kim, Hak Sun ^b   Park, Jin Oh ^b   Moon, Eun Su ^b   Kim, Bo Ram ^b   Sohn, Joon Seok ^c   Ko, Yu Na ^d   Lee, Hwan Mo ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei Sarang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Deerfield Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

facet joint violation; finite element model; lumbar fusion surgery; pedicle screws

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FACET CONTACT FORCE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE FUSION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84865866086     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823f2115     Document Type: Article

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