Fill of the nucleus cavity affects mechanical stability in compression, bending, and torsion of a spine segment, which has undergone nucleus replacement

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1128-1135

  Arthur, Amy ^a   Cannella, Marco ^b   Keane, Michael ^a   Singhatat, Wamis ^a   Vresilovic, Ed ^c   Marcolongo, Michele ^b  

^a Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Denucleated; Hydrogel; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar spine; Nucleus replacement implant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952395314     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bdbb1a     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Markolf KL, Morris JM. The structural components of the intervertebral disc. A study of their contributions to the ability of the disc to withstand compressive forces. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1974;56:675-87.
2. Goel VK, Nishiyama K, Weinstein JN, et al. Mechanical properties of lumbar spinal motion segments as affected by partial disc removal. Spine 1986;11:1008-12.
3. Brinckmann P, Grootenboer H. Change of disc height, radial disc bulge, and intradiscal pressure from discectomy. An in vitro investigation on human lumbar discs. Spine 1991;16:641-6.
4. Cannella M, Arthur A, Allen S, et al. The role of the nucleus pulposus in neutral zone human lumbar intervertebral disc mechanics. J Biomech 2008;41:2104-11.
5. McNally DS, Adams MA. Internal intervertebral disc mechanics as revealed by stress profilometry. Spine 1992;17:66-73.
6. Adams MA, McNally DS, Dolan P. "Stress" distributions inside intervertebral discs. The effects of age and degeneration. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1996;78:965-72.
7. Meakin JR, Hukins DW. Effect of removing the nucleus pulposus on the deformation of the annulus fibrosus during compression of the intervertebral disc. J Biomech 2000;33:575-80.
8. Fernstrom U. Arthroplasty with intercorporal endoprothesis in herniated disc and in painful disc. Acta Chir Scand Suppl 1966;357:154-9.
9. Ray CD. The PDN prosthetic disc-nucleus device. Eur Spine J 2002;11(suppl 2): S137-42.
10. Bertagnoli R, Sabatino CT, Edwards JT, et al. Mechanical testing of a novel hydrogel nucleus replacement implant. Spine J 2005;5:672-81.
11. Allen MJ, Schoonmaker JE, Bauer TW, et al. Preclinical evaluation of a poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel implant as a replacement for the nucleus pulposus. Spine 2004;29:515-23.
12. Ledet E, Dirisio D, Tymeson M, et al. 4:25 the Raymedica PDN prosthetic disc nucleus device in the baboon lumbar spine. Spine J 2002;2:94S.
13. Bao QB, Yuan HA. New technologies in spine: nucleus replacement. Spine 2002;27:1245-7.
14. Joshi A, Mehta S, Vresilovic E, et al. Nucleus implant parameters significantly change the compressive stiffness of the human lumbar intervertebral disc. J Biomech Eng 2005;127:536-40.
15. Joshi A, Fussell G, Thomas J, et al. Functional compressive mechanics of a PVA/PVP nucleus pulposus replacement. Biomaterials 2006;27:176-84.
16. Meakin JR, Reid JE, Hukins DW. Replacing the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2001;16:560-5.
17. Ordway N, Tsantrizos A, Yuan H, et al. P49. Restoration of segmental kinematics following nucleus replacement with an in situ curable balloon contained polymer. Spine J 2005;5:132S-3.
18. Wilke HJ, Kavanagh S, Neller S, et al. Effect of a prosthetic disc nucleus on the mobility and disc height of the L4-5 intervertebral disc postnucleotomy. J Neurosurg 2001;95:208-14.
19. Beckstein JC, Sen S, Schaer TP, et al. Comparison of animal discs used in disc research to human lumbar disc: axial compression mechanics and glycosaminoglycan content. Spine 2008;33: E166-73.
20. Costi JJ, Stokes IA, Gardner-Morse M, et al. Direct measurement of inter-vertebral disc maximum shear strain in six degrees of freedom: motions that place disc tissue at risk of injury. J Biomech 2007;40:2457-66.
21. Spenciner D, Greene D, Paiva J, et al. The multidirectional bending properties of the human lumbar intervertebral disc. Spine J 2006;6:248-57.