Comparison of stabilities between obliquely and conventionally inserted Bagby and Kuslich cages as posterior lumbar interbody fusion in a cadaver model

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 676-681

  Wang, Shih Tien ^a   Goel, Vijay K ^b   Kubo, Shinichiro ^c   Choi, Woosung ^d   Coppes, Justin K ^e   Liu, Chien Lin ^a   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^e IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Bagby and Kuslich (BAK) cage; Biomechanics; Cadaver model; Stability; Supplementary posterior instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VERTEBRA BODY;

CADAVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0345874590     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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