A COMPARISON OF PULLOUT STRENGTH OF PEDICULAR SCREWS BETWEEN DIFFERENT METHODS OF SCREW INSERTION IN POSTERIOR FIXATION OF THORACIC SPINE

"nPedicle screws provide rigid fixation for instabilities in the lumbar and lumbosacral spine. Anatomical consideration and potential risk of neurologic complications are the reasons to hesitate using pedicle screws in the thoracic spine. Twenty moulages similar to human vertebrae were inst...

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Main Authors: P Habib-Allah -Zadeh, B Mirzashahi, M M Sadat, B Siavashi, B Mohammad-Hosseini, S Mohammad-Hosseini, A A Ziaei-Moayyed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-12-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/12693.pdf&manuscript_id=12693