Stabilizing effect and subsidence tendency of three different cages and bone cement for the fusion of cervical spine segments;Stabilisierende wirkung und sinterungstendenz dreier unterschiedlicher cages und knochenzement zur fusion von halswirbelsäulensegmenten

Orthopade

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 472-480

  Wilke, H J ^a   Kettler, A ^a   Claes, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cages; Cervical spine; Cyclic loading; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; TITANIUM;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

EID: 0036937761     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-001-0288-3     Document Type: Article

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