Vertebral body replacement with a bioglass-polyurethane composite in spine metastases - Clinical, radiological and biomechanical results

European Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 437-444

  Schulte, M ^a   Schultheiss, M ^a   Hartwig, E ^a   Wilke, H J ^a   Wolf, S ^a   Sokiranski, R ^a   Fleiter, T ^a   Kinzl, L ^a   Claes, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Corpectomy; Lumbar spine; Metastases; Vertebral body replacement

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; GLASS; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN; URETHAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0033775158     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000162     Document Type: Article

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