Does anterior lumbar interbody fusion promote adjacent degeneration in degenerative disc disease? A finite element study

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-228

  Tang, Shujie ^a   Rebholz, Brandon J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; ROTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 80051611566     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-011-0037-3     Document Type: Article

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