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A locking hook spinal rod previously demonstrated to be sufficiently stable and strong in cadaver experiments has been employed in 30 unstable thoraco-lumbar spinal injuries with results superior to Harrington instrumentation.
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Read at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Medical Society of Paraplegia, Athens, Greece. October 1982.
Supported by grants from AO-International, Berne, Switzerland and Asker's Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Jacobs, R., Dahners, L., Gertzbein, S. et al. A locking hook-spinal rod: current status of development. Spinal Cord 21, 197–200 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1983.33
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1983.33