The biomechanics of interbody fusion and the shortcomings of lumbar fusion with cages and interbody bone dowels

Clin Neurosurg. 2000:47:557-88.

Authors

E C Benzel¹, J J Lastra, I Kalfas, K H Bak, L A Ferrara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 11197726

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Humans
Low Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
Low Back Pain / physiopathology
Low Back Pain / surgery*
Lumbar Vertebrae / anatomy & histology
Lumbar Vertebrae / physiology
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
Radiography
Spinal Fusion* / instrumentation
Spinal Fusion* / methods
Spinal Fusion* / standards