Pullout strength of thoracic pedicle screws improved with cortical bone ratio: a cadaveric study

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 900-906

  Chou, Wen Kai ^a   Chien, Andy ^a   Wang, Jaw Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL BONE RATIO; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PEDICLE SCREW; PULLOUT STRENGTH; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE; BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREWS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84912008912     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-014-0614-3     Document Type: Article

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