A Biomechanical Analysis of Metastatic Vertebral Collapse of the Thoracic Spine: A Sheep Model Study

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 994-999

  Ebihara, Hibiki ^a   Ito, Manabu ^a   Abumi, Kuniyoshi ^a   Taneichi, Hiroshi ^b   Kotani, Yoshihisa ^a   Minami, Akio ^a   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Bibai Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Failure load; Spine metastasis; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; JOINT DESTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; SPINE METASTASIS; THORACIC SPINE; TUMOR VOLUME; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RIBS; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2342527171     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200405010-00008     Document Type: Article

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