Interbody device shape and size are important to strengthen the vertebra-implant interface

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 638-644

  Tan, Juay Seng ^a   Bailey, Christopher S ^a   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a   Fisher, Charles G ^a   Oxland, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone density; Internal fixators; Lumbar vertebrae; Osteoporosis; Spinal fusion; Thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ENDING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE FUSION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 15244361457     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000155419.24198.35     Document Type: Article

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