Is a cross-connector beneficial for single level traditional or cortical bone trajectory pedicle screw instrumentation?

Frédéric Cornaz; Jonas Widmer; Marie-Rosa Fasser; Jess Gerrit Snedeker; Keitaro Matsukawa; José Miguel Spirig; Mazda Farshad

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253076

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Is a cross-connector beneficial for single level traditional or cortical bone trajectory pedicle screw instrumentation?

Frédéric Cornaz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Frédéric Cornaz, Jonas Widmer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7911-0445

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Jonas Widmer ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Frédéric Cornaz, Jonas Widmer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: jonas.widmer@balgrist.ch

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Marie-Rosa Fasser,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Jess Gerrit Snedeker,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8115-0275

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Keitaro Matsukawa,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Murayama Medical Center, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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José Miguel Spirig ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Mazda Farshad

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Is a cross-connector beneficial for single level traditional or cortical bone trajectory pedicle screw instrumentation?

Frédéric Cornaz,
Jonas Widmer,
Marie-Rosa Fasser,
Jess Gerrit Snedeker,
Keitaro Matsukawa,
José Miguel Spirig,
Mazda Farshad

Published: June 11, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253076

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