Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 565-570 , June 2009

Comparison of cage application modality in posterior lumbar interbody fusion with posterior instrumentation—A finite element study

  • Yang-Hwei Tsuang

      Affiliations

    • Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Yueh-Feng Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Chih-Yi Hung

      Affiliations

    • Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsing Chu, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Hung-Wen Wei

      Affiliations

    • Joint Prosthesis Technology Research Center, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Chang-Hung Huang

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Research Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Cheng-Kung Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nung St., Shih-Pai, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.

Received 12 May 2008 ,Revised 30 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 November 2008.

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PII: S1350-4533(08)00213-0

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.012

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 565-570 , June 2009