Porous Titanium-Nickel for Intervertebral Fusion in a Sheep Model: Part 1. Histomorphometric and Radiological Analysis

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-120

  Assad, Michel ^a   Jarzem, Peter ^b   Leroux, Michel A ^a   Coillard, Christine ^c   Chernyshov, Alexandr V ^a   Charette, Sylvie ^c   Rivard, Charles H ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b Santa Cabrini Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone ingrowth; Intervertebral; Nitinol; Osseointegration; Porous; Spine fusion; Titanium nickel

Indexed keywords

BONE; CELLS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); TITANIUM ALLOYS;

BONE GRAFTING;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALUMINUM; NICKEL; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; SHEEP; SPINE FUSION;

EID: 0142133589     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10530     Document Type: Article

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