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ArticleDer Orthopade2010

[Cement distribution in vertebroplasty pedicle screws with different designs].

K Kafchitsas, F Geiger, M Rauschmann, S Schmidt

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Article in Der Orthopade, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. The cement leakage in cement-augmented pedicle screw instrumentation in degenerative lumbosacral diseases: a retrospective analysis of 202 cases and 950 augmented pedicle screws.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019
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  7. Intraoperative PEEP-ventilation during PMMA-injection for augmented pedicle screws: improvement of leakage rate in spinal surgery.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

K KafchitsasKlinik für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55129, Mainz, Deutschland. konstantinos.kafchitsas@unimedizin-mainz.de
F Geiger
M Rauschmann
S Schmidt

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effects of deteriorated bone density become particularly apparent in cases where spinal instrumentation is needed. Cement augmentation of pedicle screws for better bone purchase became the subject of many studies, which proved the biomechanical superiority and the increased pullout strength of cement augmented screws. Inadequate, and sometimes dangerous, cement distribution made the need for development of special implants inevitable. Pedicle screws with side openings and a central drill hole allow cement augmentation through the implant and increase not only the screw diameter but also the interfacial strength between the three components (screw-cement-bone). Accordingly cement distribution can be affected by the selection of the side openings (size and position). Screws with conical core and distally situated side openings facilitate the development of uniform cement dough.

Indexed as

Bone ScrewsBone CementsEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisFracture Fixation, InternalHumansPlacebo EffectProsthesis DesignSpinal FracturesSpinal FusionTreatment OutcomeVertebroplastyBone Cements

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