Primary spinal segment stability with a stand-alone cage: In vitro evaluation of a successful goat model

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 454-461

  Krijnen, Matthijs ^a,b   Mensch, Daniel ^b   Van Dieen, Jaap ^c   Wuisman, Paul ^a,b   Smit, Theo ^a,d  

^a Skeletal Tissue Engineering Group Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAGE; FEMALE; GOAT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GOATS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL MESH; TITANIUM;

EID: 33745532340     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610046398     Document Type: Article

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