Enhancing the stability of anterior lumbar interbody fusion: A biomechanical comparison of anterior plate versus posterior transpedicular instrumentation

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Tzermiadianos, Michael N ^a,b   Mekhail, Anis ^c   Voronov, Leonard I ^a,b   Zook, Jason ^c   Havey, Robert M ^a,b   Renner, Susan M ^b   Carandang, Gerard ^b   Abjornson, Celeste ^d   Patwardhan, Avinash G ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF); Anterior tension band plate; Femoral ring allograft (FRA); Transpedicular instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ANTERIOR TENSION BAND PLATE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SACRUM; SIMULATION; SPINAL EXTENSION; SPINAL FLEXION; SPINAL LATERAL BENDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPEDICULAR INSTRUMENTATION;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38149124934     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181604644     Document Type: Article

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