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The sagittal index (SI) as measurement of segmental kyphosis at the level of one spine segment was calculated from the posterior and anterior height.
Compressive fracture can produce profound changes to the mechanical profile of a spine segment.
Differences in cage design and surgical technique may significantly affect the biomechanics of the fused spine segment, but little knowledge is available on this topic.
First, synthetic hysteretic spine responses (n=50) were generated based on representative results from pure moment flexion extension loading of a human cadaveric lumbar spine segment.
The current study aimed to compare the biomechanics of the L3 S1 spine segment treated either by fusion or total disc replacement (TDR) using the TRIUMPH® Lumbar Disc (Globus Medical, Audubon, PA).
In the present work, the effects of some stabilization systems on the biomechanics of the lumbar spine were investigated by means of a finite element model of the L2 L5 spine segment.
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However, with the consistent segmental lordosis and maximal contact of the cage-bone interface, it has been shown that both anatomical details and segmental flexibility are quite similar in human lumbar spine segments for L2-3, L3-4 or L4-5.
Spine segments were snap frozen and mounted in a cryostat microtome.
Following euthanasia, spine segments containing injected discs were isolated from the tail by bisecting the adjacent vertebral bodies.
The intact synthetic model has comparable biomechanics compared to published results for intact human cadaveric spine segments [[23],[24]] (Table 2).
Following euthanasia, spine segments containing injected or control discs were isolated, and NP regions analyzed for GAG content.
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