In vitro biomechanical evaluation of a monocoque plate-spacer construct for cervical open-door laminoplasty.

PURPOSE:To evaluate biomechanical differences between two surgical procedures for cervical open-door laminoplasty using human cadaveric spines. METHODS:Twenty-four cervical vertebrae (C4-C6) from eight fresh-frozen human cervical spines were subjected to mechanical testing after being instrumented f...

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Main Authors: Yukoh Ohara, Takeshi Hara, Alejandro A Espinoza Orías, Satoshi Tani, Nozomu Inoue, Junichi Mizuno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6193610?pdf=render