Effect of physiological loads on cortical and traditional pedicle screw fixation

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2014, Pages E1297-E1302

  Baluch, Daniel A ^a   Patel, Alpesh A ^b   Lullo, Brett ^c   Havey, Robert M ^a,d   Voronov, Leonard I ^a,d   Nguyen, Ngoc Lam ^a   Carandang, Gerard ^d   Ghanayem, Alexander J ^a   Patwardhan, Avinash G ^a,d  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical screws; pedicle screw fixation; pedicle screw loosening; pullout failure; spine biomechanics; toggle testing; trajectory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL PEDICLE SCREW; DISSECTION; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; TRABECULAR BONE; BONE SCREW; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; SURGERY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84908436166     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000553     Document Type: Article

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