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Surgical Strategies to Improve Fixation in the Osteoporotic Spine: The Effects of Tapping, Cement Augmentation, and Screw Trajectory

Study Design Biomechanical study of pedicle screw fixation in osteoporotic bone. Objective To investigate whether it is better to tap or not tap osteoporotic bone prior to placing a cement-augmented pedicle screw. Methods Initially, we evaluated load to failure of screws placed in cancellous bone bl...

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Autores principales: Kuhns, Craig A., Reiter, Michael, Pfeiffer, Ferris, Choma, Theodore J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3908976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24494181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1361588

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