Biomechanical effects of posterior pedicle screw-based instrumentation using titanium versus carbon fiber reinforced PEEK in an osteoporotic spine human cadaver model
Stavros Oikonomidis, Johannes Greven, Jan Bredow, Madita Eh, Andreas Prescher, Horst Fischer, Johannes Thüring, Peer Eysel, Frank Hildebrand, Philipp Kobbe, Max J. Scheyerer, Christian Herren
Topics & Concepts
PeekCadaveric spasmMaterials scienceCadaverBiomechanicsLumbar vertebraeMedicineBiomedical engineeringUniversal testing machineOrthodonticsSurgeryLumbarAnatomyComposite materialUltimate tensile strengthPolymerSpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy