Biomechanical fixation properties of cortical versus transpedicular screws in the osteoporotic lumbar spine: An in vitro human cadaveric model

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 467-476

  Sansur, Charles A ^a   Caffes, Nicholas M ^a   Ibrahimi, David M ^a   Pratt, Nathan L ^a   Lewis, Evan M ^a   Murgatroyd, Ashley A ^b   Cunningham, Bryan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical screws; Lumbar spine; Osteoporosis; Pullout; Transpedicular screws

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CORTICAL SCREW; FACETECTOMY; FAXITRON MICRORADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; SPINE SURGERY; TRANSPEDICULAR SCREW; VERY ELDERLY; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84990852847     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2016.2.SPINE151046     Document Type: Article

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