Biomechanical analysis of the disc adjacent to posterolateral fusion with laminectomy in lumbar spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-65

  Chen, Chen Sheng ^a   Feng, Chi Kuang ^b   Cheng, Cheng Kung ^a   Tzeng, Ming Ji ^b   Liu, Chien Lin ^a,c   Chen, Wen Jer ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjacent disc; Laminectomy; Lumbar spine; Posterolateral fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

BIOMECHANICS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SPINAL FUSION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 13744256317     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000123426.12852.e7     Document Type: Article

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