Biomechanical evaluation and comparison of polyetheretherketone rod system to traditional titanium rod fixation

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-267

  Ponnappan, Ravi K ^a   Serhan, Hassan ^b   Zarda, Brett ^b   Patel, Ravi ^a   Albert, Todd ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fusion; Instrumentation; Lumbar; PEEK; Polyetheretherketone

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; KETONE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; KETONES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TITANIUM;

EID: 63649135098     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.08.002     Document Type: Review

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