Biomechanical evaluation of lumbar pedicle screws in spondylolytic vertebrae: Comparison of fixation strength between the traditional trajectory and a cortical bone trajectory

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 910-915

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

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical bone trajectory; Degenerative; Finite element analysis; Fixation strength; Isthmic spondylolisthesis; Lumbar pedicle screw; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL BONE TRAJECTORY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISTHMIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRADITIONAL TRAJECTORY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDICLE SCREW; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS COMPLICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PEDICLE SCREWS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85021853426     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.11.SPINE15926     Document Type: Article

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