Biomechanical effects of anterior, posterior, and combined anterior-posterior instrumentation techniques on the stability of a multilevel cervical corpectomy construct: A finite element model analysis

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 324-330

  Hussain, Mozammil ^a   Nassr, Ahmad ^b   Natarajan, Raghu N ^c,d   An, Howard S ^c   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^c  

^a LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior rigid screw plate and posterior rigid screw rod; Bone screw stresses; Cervical finite element corpectomy model; Graft end plate stresses; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 79953884692     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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