Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 203-211, March 2010

Biomechanical comparisons of different posterior instrumentation constructs after two-level ALIF: A finite element study

  • Chang-Yuan Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Ching-Chi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Ching-Kong Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Shang-Chih Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Kuo-Hua Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, No. 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Rd., Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 87927185; fax: +886 2 87927186.

Received 23 March 2009; received in revised form 8 December 2009; accepted 13 December 2009. published online 11 January 2010.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00263-X

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.12.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 203-211, March 2010