Comparison of cage application modality in posterior lumbar interbody fusion with posterior instrumentation-A finite element study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Tsuang, Yang Hwei ^a   Chiang, Yueh Feng ^a,b   Hung, Chih Yi ^c   Wei, Hung Wen ^b   Huang, Chang Hung ^d   Cheng, Cheng Kung ^b  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cage position; Finite element analysis (FEA); Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF)

Indexed keywords

CAGE POSITION; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIES; DISTORTION STRESS; END PLATES; FACET JOINTS; FACETECTOMY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDIES; LOADING CONDITIONS; LOWER STRESS; LUMBAR SPINES; MECHANICAL FAILURES; PEDICLE SCREWS; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION (PLIF); STRUCTURAL SYMMETRIES; TRIPOD SYSTEMS; VON-MISES STRESS;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INSTRUMENTS; SCREWS; STRESSES; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67349134674     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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