Effect of a prosthetic disc nucleus on the mobility and disc height of the L4-5 intervertebral disc postnucleotomy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 208-214

  Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Kavanagh, Sinead ^b   Neller, Sylvia ^b   Haid, Christian ^b   Claes, Lutz Eberhart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanical in vitro testing; Lumbar spine; Prosthetic disc nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0035491620     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2001.95.2.0208     Document Type: Article

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