Biomechanics of polyaryletherketone rod composites and titanium rods for posterior lumbosacral instrumentation: Presented at the 2010 Joint Spine Section Meeting - Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 766-772

  Bruner, Harlan J ^a   Guan, Yabo ^a   Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Maiman, Dennis J ^a   Slivka, Michael A ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro cadaver model; Lumbosacral instrumentation; Range of motion; Spinal stability; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; MARKER; POLYARYLETHERETHERKETONE; POLYARYLETHERKETONE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPRESSION; FACETECTOMY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR LUMBOSACRAL SPINE FUSION; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KETONES; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78650219968     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.5.SPINE09948     Document Type: Article

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