Comparison of Pedicle Screw Fixation Strength among Different Transpedicular Trajectories

Clinical Spine Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 301-307

  Matsukawa, Keitaro ^a   Yato, Yoshiyuki ^b   Hynes, Richard A ^c   Imabayashi, Hideaki ^a   Hosogane, Naobumi ^a   Yoshihara, Yasuo ^a   Asazuma, Takashi ^b   Nemoto, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

bone mineral density; cortical bone trajectory; finite element method; insertional trajectory; lumbar pedicle screw; screw stability; transpedicular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORTICAL BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION DEVICE; PULLOUT STRENGTH; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSPEDICULAR TRAJECTORY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE DENSITY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREWS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026262403     PISSN: 23800186     EISSN: 23800194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000258     Document Type: Article

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