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DESIGN AND BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION OF A RODENT SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE

STUDY DESIGN: An in vitro and in vivo study in rats. OBJECTIVES: To design a novel rat spinal fixation device and investigate its biomechanical effectiveness in stabilizing the spine up to eight weeks post injury. METHODS: A fixation device made of polyetheretherketone was designed to stabilize the...

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Autores principales: Shahrokni, Maryam, Zhu, Qingan, Liu, Jie, Tetzlaff, Wolfram, Oxland, Thomas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22289899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sc.2011.185