Lumbar interbody fusion: A parametric investigation of a novel cage design with and without posterior instrumentation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 455-462

  Galbusera, Fabio ^a,b   Schmidt, Hendrik ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cage; Flexible rods; Interbody fusion; Sandwich cage; Spine stabilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERBODY FUSION CAGE; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; NERVE ENDING; POSTERIOR FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84862840880     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-2014-0     Document Type: Article

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