Enhancing pedicle screw fixation in the lumbar spine using allograft bone plug interference fixation

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chrea, Bopha ^a   Malempati, Harsha ^b   Campbell, Jeffrey R ^a   Khan, Sonja ^a   Ching, Randal P ^a   Lee, Michael J ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Osteoporosis; Pedicle screw; Spine fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOGRAFT BONE PLUG; ALLOGRAFT BONE PLUG INTERFERENCE FIXATION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLUG; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREW; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOGRAFTS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902187336     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318290fc84     Document Type: Article

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