Bone ingrowth characteristics of porous tantalum and carbon fiber interbody devices: An experimental study in pigs

Spine Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-105

  Zou, Xuenong ^a,b,c   Li, Haisheng ^a   Bünger, Mathias ^a   Egund, Niels ^b   Lind, Martin ^a   Bünger, Cody ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Research Laboratory   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Bone ingrowth; Carbon fiber cage; Histology; Porous tantalum; Radiology

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; TANTALUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARBON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE; TANTALUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0345874545     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(03)00407-8     Document Type: Article

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