A Zero-Profile Anchored Spacer in Multilevel Cervical Anterior Interbody Fusion: Biomechanical Comparison to Established Fixation Techniques

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages E375-E380

  Scholz, Matti ^a   Schleicher, Philipp ^a   Pabst, Simone ^b   Kandziora, Frank ^a  

^a BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt Am Main   (Germany)

^b Center for Foot and Ankle Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

anchored spacer; anterior cervical decompression and fusion; biomechanical evaluation; cervical fixation; cervical fusion; cervical spine; in vitro; multilevel instrumentation; range of motion; segmental stability; stand alone; zero profile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT; PEEK CAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FIXATION DEVICE; SPINE STABILIZATION; ZERO PROFILE ANCHORED SPACER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL FIXATOR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84958108223     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000768     Document Type: Article

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