Are pedicular screws and lateral hook screws more resistant against pullout than conventional spinal hooks and screws in terminal vertebral segment fixation?

KARAKAŞLI A., Sekik E., Karaarslan A., KIZMAZOĞLU C., HAVITÇIOĞLU H.

EKLEM HASTALIKLARI VE CERRAHISI-JOINT DISEASES AND RELATED SURGERY, vol.27, no.1, pp.22-28, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5606/ehc.2016.05
  • Journal Name: EKLEM HASTALIKLARI VE CERRAHISI-JOINT DISEASES AND RELATED SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.22-28
  • Keywords: Pullout strength, terminal fixation, thoracolumbar surgery, PEDICLE SCREW, LUMBAR SPINE, IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS, SCHEUERMANNS-DISEASE, SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT, INSTRUMENTATION, CONSTRUCT, STRENGTH, DESIGNS, ROD
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to biomechanically evaluate and compare four well-known types of terminal spinal constructs to a novel construct composed of a transpedicular screw with a lateral hook screw in terms of axial pullout strength in terminal vertebral segment fixation.