The quantitative assessment of risk factors to overstress at adjacent segments after lumbar fusion: Removal of posterior ligaments and pedicle screws

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1367-1373

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a,b   Kang, Kyoung Tak ^c,d   Moon, Seong Hwan ^b   Chun, Heoung Jae ^c   Kim, Hak Sun ^b   Park, Jin Oh ^b   Moon, Eun Su ^b   Kim, Bo Ram ^b   Sohn, Joon Seok ^a   Lee, Hwan Mo ^b  

^a Yonsei Sarang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Bone Bank Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment deterioration; fi nite element model; pedicle screws; posterior ligament complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR FUSION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL POSTERIOR LIGAMENT COMPLEX; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; TORSION; VALIDATION STUDY;

BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80051550123     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318221a595     Document Type: Article

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