The clinical advantages of reducing spondylolisthesis over fusion in situ have several intuitive reasons such as restore the spinal column into a more anatomic relationship and alignment. However, there is only little evidence in the literature supporting the theoretical advantages of reduction, and its effect on spinopelvic alignment remains poorl...
An experimental study of pedicle screw fixation in human cadaveric vertebrae. The aim of this study was to experimentally characterize pedicle screw fixation under nonaxial loading and to analyze the effect of the surgeons' screw and placement choices on the fixation risk of failure. Pedicle screw fixation performance is traditionally characterized...