Advances in spinal fusion : molecular science, biomechanics, and clinical management /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wise, Donald L. (Donald Lee), 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : M. Dekker, [2004]
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Table of Contents:
  • Reduction and fixation of sacroiliac joint dislocation by the combined use of the S1 pedicle screws and an iliac rod
  • Percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic fractures
  • Biomechanics of vertebroplasty
  • Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for the treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures
  • Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer implants for spinal fusion : biomechanical and clinical advantages of a new material
  • Stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion constructs : effect of interbody design, bone graft, and bone morphogenetic protein on clinical and radiographic outcomes
  • Overcoming chemical inhibition of spine fusion
  • Use of a cloned osteoprogenitor cell in spinal fusion
  • Axially loaded computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine
  • Experience with OP-1 in a rabbit model of lumbar fusions
  • Structure and function of normal, degenerate, and surgically fixed spinal segments
  • A quantitatively unstable model to evaluate the biological effects of mechanical forces on spine fusion
  • Ankylosing spondylitis and spinal complications
  • Atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation : indication, technique, risks, and pitfalls
  • Biomechanics of artificial discs
  • Comparison of the leukotactic properties of nucleus pulposus, anulus fibrosus, and cartilage following subcutaneous injection in pigs
  • Advances in bone graft substitutes in spinal fusion
  • Titanium mesh cage in spinal reconstruction surgery : biomechanics and clinical application
  • Posterior lumbar interbody fusion using the brantigan I/F cage
  • SF-36 health status and oswestry disability index in worker's compensation patients with neck pain
  • Interbody fusion in the elderly
  • Choice of anterior and posterior thoracolumbar spinal implants
  • Spondylotic cervical myelopathy : clinical aspects
  • Autogenous free fat grafts after posterior lumbar surgery
  • In vitro stability of cervical spine cages
  • Autologous growth factors and progenitor cells as effective components in bone grafting products for spine
  • Process of lumbar spinal degeneration : interrelationships between disc degeneration and facet joint osteoarthritis
  • Relationships between lumbar sagittal alignment and clinical outcomes after decompression and posterolateral spinal fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis
  • Histological findings in revision surgery of instrumented spine fusion with the use of coralline hydroxyapatite
  • New developments in spinal cord monitoring
  • The physical properties and biocompatibility of plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coating
  • Biomechanical efficacy of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
  • Bioactive bone cement for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
  • Advances in technology and spinal fusion : a clinician's perspective
  • Replacement of autograft with BMP for spinal arthrodesis : future perspectives following recent research
  • Occipitocervical fusion for rheumatoid arthritis patients with myelopathy
  • Validity of a bioactive ceramic spacer in posterior lumbar interbody fusion with studies of the stability of the pedicle screw for the osteoporotic spine in vivo and in vitro
  • Thoracic pedicle screws : biomechanical considerations of the extrapedicular approach
  • Two-cage reconstruction versus single mega-care or dual nested cages for lumbar interbody fusion
  • Spontaneous remission of intervertebral disc hernia and responses of surrounding macrophages
  • Gene expression profiling during osteochondrogenic events in the spinal region : use in the development of promising spinal fusion
  • Cells, signals, and scaffolds : the future of spinal fusion
  • Roentgen stereometric analysis : a novel in vivo method to assess spinal fusion
  • The morbidity of autogenous bone graft donation
  • Loads on an internal spinal fixation device measured in vivo
  • New anterior cervical instrumentation systems combining intradiscal cage with integrated plate : biomechanics and clinical applications
  • Improvement of pedical screw fixation with hydroxyapatite coating
  • Multilevel cervical decompression and reconstruction
  • Decision support tools in spinal surgery : artificial neural networks and predictive modeling
  • Porous tantalum for spinal interbody fusion
  • Advances in spinal fusion