A new distractable implant for vertebral body replacement: Biomechanical testing of four implants for the thoracolumbar spine

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1375-1382

  Reinhold, M ^a   Schmoelz, W ^a   Canto, F ^b   Krappinger, D ^a   Blauth, M ^a   Knop, Christian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Compressive strength; Expandable cage; Implant testing; Thoracolumbar spine; Vertebral body replacement

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPANDABLE TITANIUM CAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; INTERFACE PRESSURE; LOADING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TITANIUM;

EID: 69249228604     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0823-y     Document Type: Article

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