Biomechanical evaluation of an expandable cage in single-segment posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bhatia, Nitin N ^a,b   Lee, Kenneth H ^a,b   Bui, Christopher N H ^a,b   Luna, Mario ^a,b   Wahba, George M ^a,b   Lee, Thay Q ^a,b  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; expandable cage; posterior lumbar interbody fusion; range of motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; EXPANDABLE CAGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84855441536     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182226ba6     Document Type: Article

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