Bioabsorbable poly-L-lactic acid cages for lumbar interbody fusion three-year follow-up radiographic, histologic, and histomorphometric analysis in goats

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2706-2714

  Van Dijk, Martijn ^a,b   Smit, Theo H ^a,b   Burger, Elisabeth H ^a,c   Wuisman, Paul I ^a,b  

^a Skeletal Tissue Engineering Group Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable cages; Bone remodeling; Lumbar interbody fusion; PolyL lactic acid

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BONE REMODELING; DRUG IMPLANTS; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOATS; LACTIC ACID; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOGENESIS; POLYMERS; SPINAL FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036894574     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200212010-00010     Document Type: Article

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