Biomechanical comparison of single-level posterior versus transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions with bilateral pedicle screw fixation: Segmental stability and the effects on adjacent motion segments: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 700-708

  Sim, Hong Bo ^a   Murovic, Judith A ^a   Cho, Bo Young ^a   Lim, T Jesse ^a   Park, Jon ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Stability; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR DISK; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE LEVEL FUSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 77953952461     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.SPINE09123     Document Type: Article

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