Pullout strength of misplaced pedicle screws in the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae - A cadaveric study

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-243

  Saraf, Shyam ^a   Singh, Ravindra ^a   Singh, Vakil ^a   Varma, Ashish ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Misplaced pedicle screw; pullout strength; vertebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878443605     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.111502     Document Type: Article

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