Biomechanical comparison between lumbar disc arthroplasty and fusion

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-253

  Chen, Shih Hao ^a   Zhong, Zheng Cheng ^b   Chen, Chen Sheng ^c   Chen, Wen Jer ^d   Hung, Chinghua ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Artificial disc replacement; Finite element method; Lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISCS; DISC REPLACEMENTS; FACET CONTACTS; FACET JOINTS; FE MODELS; FE SOFTWARES; IMAGING SOFTWARES; IN-VITRO; INTERBODY FUSIONS; LUMBAR DISCS; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; LUMBAR SPINES; PEDICLE SCREWS; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSIONS; PRELOAD; RANGE OF MOTIONS;

BIOMECHANICS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REFRIGERATORS; ROM; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIXATION DEVICE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; STRESS; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 59049103182     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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