The Comparison of Pullout Strengths of Various Pedicle Screw Designs on Synthetic Foams and Ovine Vertebrae

One of the most common problems with transpedicular screws is screw pullout. This study was conducted to measure the pullout strengths of newly designed transpedicular screws. The design of the three group screws were conical cored standard pedicle screw (Type A), dual threaded pedicle screw (Type B...

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Veröffentlicht in:Turkish neurosurgery 2015, Vol.25 (4), p.532-238
Hauptverfasser: Yaman, Onur, Demir, Teyfik, Arslan, Arslan Kagan, Iyidiker, Mehmet Akif, Tolunay, Tolga, Camuscu, Necip, Ulutas, Murat
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Zusammenfassung:One of the most common problems with transpedicular screws is screw pullout. This study was conducted to measure the pullout strengths of newly designed transpedicular screws. The design of the three group screws were conical cored standard pedicle screw (Type A), dual threaded pedicle screw (Type B), dual core and dual threaded pedicle screw (Type C), respectively. Polyurethane (PU) blocks in 25 mm and 50 mm thickness were used to investigate the effect of just the pedicle on pullout strength and both distal (vertebral body) and proximal (pedicle) parts of the screw. The screws were also tested in ovine lumbar vertebrae. Type C screw exhibited 5.9% and 12.9% higher pullout strength than Type A and Type B, and 15.4% and 8.6% higher pullout strength than Type A and Type B, respectively on 25 mm and 50 mm thick PU foam block. Type C also exhibited 74.5% and 22.5% higher pullout strength than Type A and Type B, respectively on the ovine vertebrae. Transpedicular screws redesigned with modified helical angles exhibit higher pullout strength compared to the classical transpedicular screws and can be inserted more rapidly with the same number of screwing rounds result with doubled insertion depth.
ISSN:1019-5149
DOI:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.8907-13.1