Evaluation of hydroxyapatite ceramic vertebral spacers with different porosities and their binding capability to the vertebral body: An experimental study in sheep

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 431-437

  Ito, Manabu ^a   Kotani, Yoshihisa ^a   Hojo, Yoshihiro ^a   Abumi, Kuniyoshi ^a   Kadosawa, Tsuyoshi ^b   Minami, Akio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior vertebral spacer; Bone graft substitute; Hydroxyapatite; Sheep; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CERAMIC SPACER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHEEP; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE FUSION; STRENGTH; VERTEBRA BODY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PROSTHESIS; CERAMICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CERAMICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DURAPATITE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POROSITY; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347217551     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.5.431     Document Type: Article

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