Posterior instrumentation reduces differences in spine stability as a result of different cage orientations an in vitro study

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-67

  Wang, Shih Tien ^a   Goel, Vijay K ^b,e   Fu, Chong Yau ^a   Kubo, Shinichiro ^c   Choi, Woosung ^d   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 The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

BAK cages; Biomechanics; Cadaver model; Oblique approaches; PLIF; Posterior instrumentation; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 13444272952     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000150123.26869.48     Document Type: Article

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