Bioresorbable polylactide interbody implants in an ovine anterior cervical discectomy and fusion model: Three-year results

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 734-742

  Thomas, Kevin A ^a   Toth, Jeffrey M ^b   Crawford, Neil R ^c   Seim, Howard B ^d   Shi, Lewis L ^e   Harris, Mitchel B ^e   Turner, A Simon ^c  

^a Cytori Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

70:30 poly(L lactide co D,L lactide); ACDF; Animal model; Bioresorbable interbody implant; PLDLLa; Polylactide

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STRESS; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE REACTION; X RAY FILM; YOUNG MODULUS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; POLYESTERS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 41749097454     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181695716     Document Type: Article

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