Evaluation of the stress distribution change at the adjacent facet joints after lumbar fusion surgery: A biomechanical study

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 665-673

  Ma, Jianxiong ^a   Jia, Haobo ^a,b   Ma, Xinlong ^a   Xu, Weiguo ^a   Yu, Jingtao ^b   Feng, Rui ^b   Wang, Jie ^b   Xing, Dan ^b   Wang, Ying ^a   Zhu, Shaowen ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Chen, Yang ^a   Ma, Baoyi ^a  

^a TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adjacent segment degeneration; Spinal fusion; strain; stress; zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; SURGERY;

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION; ARTICULAR SURFACES; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION;

SCREWS;

BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEVICES; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG MODULUS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84924755970     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411914541435     Document Type: Article

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