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Biomechanical comparison of three stand-alone lumbar cages — a three-dimensional finite element analysis

BACKGROUND: For anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), stand-alone cages can be supplemented with vertebral plate, locking screws, or threaded cylinder to avoid the use of posterior fixation. Intuitively, the plate, screw, and cylinder aim to be embedded into the vertebral bodies to effectively im...

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Autores principales: Chen, Shih-Hao, Chiang, Ming-Chieh, Lin, Jin-Fu, Lin, Shang-Chih, Hung, Ching-Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-281