Compressive preload improves the stability of anterior lumbar interbody fusion cage constructs

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1749-1756

  Patwardhan, Avinash G ^a   Carandang, Gerard ^b   Ghanayem, Alexander J ^a   Havey, Robert M ^b   Cunningham, Ben ^c   Voronov, Leonard I ^b   Phillips, Frank M ^d  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INTERBODY FUSION CAGE; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0141744965     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200309000-00014     Document Type: Article

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