Biomechanical comparison of bioabsorbable cervical spine interbody fusion cages

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1717-1722

  Pflugmacher, Robert ^a   Schleicher, Philipp ^a   Gumnior, Sarah ^a   Turan, Oguzhan ^a   Scholz, Matti ^a   Eindorf, Tanja ^a   Haas, Norbert P ^a   Kandziora, Frank ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Cages; Cervical spine; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE; ILIAC CREST; JOINT STABILITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPINE FUSION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; ILIUM; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHEEP; TITANIUM;

EID: 4043109267     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000134565.17078.4C     Document Type: Article

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