Open AccessPotential contribution of pedicle screw design to loosening rate in patients with degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine: An observational study
Author(s) -
Andrey Bokov,
Svetlana Pavlova,
Anatoliy Bulkin,
A. Ya. Aleynik,
Sergey Mlyavykh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 2218-5836
DOI - 10.5312/wjo.v12.i5.310
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , lumbar spine , lumbar , spine (molecular biology) , physical therapy , surgery , bioinformatics , biology
The majority of published data report the results of biomechanical tests of various design pedicle screw performance. The clinical relevance and relative contribution of screw design to instrumentation stability have been insufficiently studied.