The effect of posterior instrumentation following PLIF with BAK cages is most pronounced in weak bone

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Pitzen, T ^a   Matthis, D ^b   Steudel, W I ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Steinbeis Transferzentrum für Technische Berechnungen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element; Implants; Spine; Stabilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY INFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036192019     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010200014     Document Type: Article

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