Load shift of the intervertebral disc after a vertebroplasty: A finite-element study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-426

  Baroud, G ^a   Nemes, J ^b   Heini, P ^c   Steffen, T ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjacent fractures; Cement augmentation; Complications; Finite element modeling; Load shift; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT STIFFNESS; LUMBAR SPINE; MODEL; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0042737757     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0512-9     Document Type: Article

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