In vitro stabilizing effect of a transforaminal compared with two posterior lumbar interbody fusion cages

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Kettler, Annette ^a   Schmoelz, Werner ^a   Kast, Erich ^a   Gottwald, Maria ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cage; Interbody fusion; Lumbar spine; Primary stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT FUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KETONES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 27944505538     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000186466.01542.8c     Document Type: Article

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