Would an anatomically shaped lumbar interbody cage provide better stability? An in vitro cadaveric biomechanical evaluation

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tsitsopoulos, Parmenion P ^a,b   Serhan, Hassan ^c   Voronov, Leonard I ^a,b   Carandang, Gerard ^a,b   Havey, Robert M ^a,b   Ghanayem, Alexander J ^a,b   Patwardhan, Avinash G ^a,b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; lumbar spine; posterior interbody fusion; transforaminal interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL TORSION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARBON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84870341668     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31824c820c     Document Type: Article

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