Adjacent segment motion after a simulated lumbar fusion in different sagittal alignments: A biomechanical analysis

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1560-1566

  Akamaru, Tomoyuki ^a,c   Kawahara, Norio ^b   Yoon, S Tim ^a   Minamide, Akihito ^a   Kim, Keun Su ^a   Tomita, Katsuro ^b   Hutton, William C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment; Biomechanics; Lumbar interbody fusion; Lumbar kyphosis; Lumbar lordosis; Lumbar spine; Sagittal alignment; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; TOOTH CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSIS; LOADING TEST; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0037962358     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000076820.44132.99     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Brodsky AE. Post-laminectomy and post-fusion stenosis of the lumbar spine. Clin Orthop 1976;115:130-9.
2. Brodsky AE, Hendricks RL, Khalil MA, et al. Segmental ("floating") lumbar spine fusions. Spine 1989;14:447-50.
3. Frymoyer JW, Hanley EN, Howe J, et al. A comparison of radiographic findings in fusion and nonfusion patients ten or more years following lumbar disc surgery. Spine 1979;4:435-40.
4. Lee CK. Accelerated degeneration of the segment adjacent to a lumbar fusion. Spine 1988;13:375-7.
5. Lehmann TR, Spratt KF, Tozzi JE, et al. Long-term follow-up of lumbar fusion patients. Spine 1987;12:97-104.
6. Miyakoshi N, Abe E, Shimada Y, et al. Outcome of one-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion for spondylolisthesis and postoperative intervertebral disc degeneration adjacent to the fusion. Spine 2000;25:1837-42.
7. Schlegel JD, Smith JA, Schleusener RL. Lumbar motion segment pathology adjacent to thoracolumbar, lumbar, and lumbosacral fusions. Spine 1996;21:970-81.
8. Chow DH, Luk KD, Evans JH, et al. Effects of short anterior lumbar interbody fusion on biomechanics of neighboring unfused segments. Spine 1996;21:549-55.
9. Cunningham BW, Kotani Y, McNulty PS, et al. The effect of spinal destabilization and instrumentation on lumbar intradiscal pressure. Spine 1997;22:2655-63.
10. Dekutoski MB, Schendel MJ, Ogilvie JW, et al. Comparison of in vivo and in vitro adjacent segment motion after lumbar fusion. Spine 1994;19:1745-51.
11. Ha KY, Schendel MJ, Lewis JL, et al. Effect of immobilization and configuration on lumbar adjacent-segment biomechanics. J Spinal Disord 1993;6:99-105.
12. Lee CK, Langrana NA. Lumbosacral spinal fusion: a biomechanical study. Spine 1984;9:574-81.
13. Nagata H, Schendel MJ, Transfeldt EE, et al. The effect of immobilization of long segments of the spine on the adjacent and distal facet force and lumbosacral motion. Spine 1993;18:2471-9.
14. Oda I, Cunningham BW, Buckley RA, et al. Does spinal kyphotic deformity influence the biomechanical characteristics of the adjacent motion segments? Spine 1999;24:2139-46.
15. Quinnell RC, Stockdale HR. Some experimental observations of the influence of a single lumbar floating fusion on the remaining lumbar spine. Spine 1081;6:263-7.
16. Shono Y, Kaneda K, Abumi K, et al. Stability of posterior spinal instrumentation and its effects on adjacent motion segments in the lumbosacral spine. Spine 1998;23:1550-8.
17. Umehara S, Zindrick MR, Patwardhan AG, et al. The biomechanical effect of postoperative hypolordosis in instrumented lumbar fusion on instrumented and adjacent spinal segments. Spine 2000;25:1617-24.
18. Weinhoffer SL, Guyer RD, Herbert M, et al. Intradiscal pressure measurements above an instrumented fusion. Spine 1995;20:526-31.
19. Jackson RP, McManus AC. Radiographic analysis of sagittal plane alignment and balance in standing volunteers and patients with low back pain matched for age, sex, and size. Spine 1994;19:1611-8.
20. Kawakami M, Tamaki T, Ando M, et al. Lumbar sagittal balance influences the clinical outcome after decompression and posterolateral spinal fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Spine 2002;27:59-64.
21. Bernhardt M, Bridwell KH. Segmental analysis of the sagittal plane alignment of the normal thoracic and lumbar spines and thoracolumbar junction. Spine 1989;14:717-21.
22. Gelb DE, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, et al. An analysis of sagittal spinal alignment in 100 asymptomatic middle and older aged volunteers. Spine 1995;20:1351-8.