Preliminary study on biomechanics of vertebroplasty: A computational fluid dynamics and solid mechanics combined approach

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1320-1328

  Teo, Jeremy ^a,b   Wang, Shih Chang ^a   Teoh, Swee Hin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element modeling; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDLES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249011427     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318059af56     Document Type: Article

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