Changes in bone architecture during spinal fusion: Three years follow-up and the role of cage stiffness

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1802-1808

  Smit, Theo H ^a   Müller, Ralph ^b   Van Dijk, Martijn ^a   Wuisman, Paul I J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone architecture; Interbody fusion; Microcomputed tomography; Stress shielding

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 0042975377     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000083285.09184.7A     Document Type: Article

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