Strength and stability of posterior lumbar interbody fusion: Comparison of titanium fiber mesh implant and tricortical bone graft

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1181-1188

  Hoshijima, Kazuo ^a   Nightingale, Roger W ^b,c   Yu, Jim R ^b   Richardson, William J ^c   Harper, Kristine D ^d   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Myers, Barry S ^b,c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Lumbar spine; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Stability; Strength

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

EID: 0030912146     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199706010-00002     Document Type: Article

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