Biomechanical comparison of a new stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion cage with established fixation techniques - A three-dimensional finite element analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chen, Shih Hao ^a   Tai, Ching Lung ^b   Lin, Chien Yu ^c   Hsieh, Pang Hsing ^d   Chen, Weng Pin ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTACT STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION; STANDARD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 46449125632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-88     Document Type: Article

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