Fixation strength of PMMA-augmented pedicle screws after depth adjustment in a synthetic bone model of osteoporosis

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ying, Szu Han ^a,b   Kao, Hung Chan ^b   Chang, Ming Chau ^a,b   Yu, Wing Kuang ^a,b   Wang, Shih Tien ^a,b   Liu, Chien Lin ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGREE OF LOOSENING; DISEASE MODEL; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PULLOUT STRENGTH; SCREW HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT; SCREW STABILITY; STRENGTH;

ADHESIVENESS; BONE CEMENTS; BONE SCREWS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SPINAL FRACTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84867540703     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120919-21     Document Type: Article

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