Journal article
Prediction of Fatigue Screw Loosening in Anterior Spinal Fixation using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976), Vol.20(23), pp.2565-2568
12/1995
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199512000-00016
PMID: 8610251
Abstract
Study design: A biomechanical study was performed to investigate a relation between the bone mineral density of the vertebral body and the number of loading cycles to induce fatigue loosening of an anterior vertebral screw.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the potential usefulness of dual energy x-ray absorptiometry of measuring bone mineral density of the vertebral body in predicting the fatigue loosening of th anterior vertebral screw.
Summary of background data: Loosening of the vertebral body screw is a well know failure in spinal instrumentation, and more commonly observed than pullout failure. The relation between bone mineral density and pullout strength of the screw has been investigated previously, but no studies are available on the fatigue loosening in anterior spinal fixation.
Methods: Bone mineral density was measured using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and the screw loosening was produce by a cyclic loading in the cephalad-caudal direction. Screw loosening was defined as 1 mm displacement of the screw relative to bone, and the number of loading cycles to induce the screw loosening was obtained and statistically correlated with bone mineral density.
Results: There was a positive correlation between the number of loading cycles to induce screw loosening and bone mineral density (R = 0.8, P < 0.01). The average number of loading cycles to induce screw loosening was significantly less for specimens with bone mineral density < 0.45 g/cm2 compared to those with bone mineral density > or = g/cm2.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that bone mineral density may be a good predictor of anterior vertebral screw loosening. Bone mineral density < 0.45 g/cm2 may be critical value of loosening of the anterior vertebral body screw. However, further biomechanical and clinical studies are required before using threshold value clinically.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Prediction of Fatigue Screw Loosening in Anterior Spinal Fixation using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
- Creators
- Tae-Hong LimHoward S AnToru HasegwaLinda McGradyKaya Y HasanogluCharles R Wilson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976), Vol.20(23), pp.2565-2568
- DOI
- 10.1097/00007632-199512000-00016
- PMID
- 8610251
- NLM abbreviation
- Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
- ISSN
- 0362-2436
- eISSN
- 1528-1159
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1995
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984064256402771
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