Biomechanical evaluation of fixation strength among different sizes of pedicle screws using the cortical bone trajectory: what is the ideal screw size for optimal fixation?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 465-471

  Matsukawa, Keitaro ^a   Yato, Yoshiyuki ^b   Imabayashi, Hideaki ^a   Hosogane, Naobumi ^a   Abe, Yuichiro ^c   Asazuma, Takashi ^b   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Wajokai Eniwa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical bone trajectory; Finite element method; Fixation strength; Lumbar pedicle screw; Pullout strength; Screw size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERNAL FIXATOR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREWS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 84958111465     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-016-2705-8     Document Type: Article

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