Biomechanical stability of five stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion constructs

European Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-22

  Tsantrizos, A ^a   Andreou, A ^a   Aebi, M ^a   Steffen, T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Implant; Interbody fusion; Lumbar spine; Segmental flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; JOINT MOBILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION;

EID: 0033825555     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050003     Document Type: Article

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