Internal and external responses of anterior lumbar/lumbosacral fusion: Nonlinear finite element analysis

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-304

  Guan, Yabo ^a   Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Maiman, Dennis J ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent level mechanics; Disc stress; Facet pressure; Flexibility; Internal response; Single level fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SACRUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 48949099907     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31812e6276     Document Type: Article

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