Effects of lumbar spinal fusion on the other lumbar intervertebral levels (three-dimensional finite element analysis)

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-584

  Goto, Keisuke ^a   Tajima, Naoya ^a   Chosa, Etsuo ^a   Totoribe, Koji ^a   Kubo, Shinichiro ^a   Kuroki, Hiroshi ^a   Arai, Takashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Yokogawa Technical Information   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment; Finite element method; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF); Posterolateral lumbar fusion (PLF)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NERVE FIBER; SIMULATION; SPINE FUSION; STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0041511932     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0675-1     Document Type: Article

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