Biomechanical performance of rigid compared to dynamic anterior cervical plating: Analysis of adjacent upper and lower level compressive forces

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1706-1710

  Connor Jr , David E ^a   Shamieh, Khader Samer ^a   Ogden, Alan L ^a   Mukherjee, Debi P ^a   Sin, Anthony ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment disease; Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Anterior plating; Biomechanical testing; Dynamic plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATING SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DYNAMIC ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATING; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGID ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATING; SPINE FUSION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84868300066     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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