Loads on a telemeterized vertebral body replacement measured in two patients

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1170-1179

  Rohlmann, Antonius ^a   Graichen, Friedmar ^a   Kayser, Ralph ^a   Bender, Alwina ^a,b   Bergmann, Georg ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Berlin Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implant load; Load measurement; Spine; Telemetry; Vertebral body replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FORCE; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; TELEMETRY;

EID: 43549123081     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181722d52     Document Type: Article

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