Attitudes and trends in the use of radiolucent spinal implants: A survey of the North American Spine Society section of spinal oncology

Attitudes and trends in the use of radiolucent spinal implants: A survey of the North American Spine Society section of spinal oncology

Background: In spinal oncology, titanium implants pose several challenges including artifact on advanced imaging and therapeutic radiation perturbation. To mitigate these effects, there has been increased interest in radiolucent carbon fiber (CF) and CF-reinforced polyetheretherketone (CFR-PEEK) imp...

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Main Authors: Athan G. Zavras, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Joshua C. Patt, Mohammed A. Munim, C. Rory Goodwin, Matthew L. Goodwin, Sheng-Fu Larry Lo, Kristin J. Redmond, Daniel G. Tobert, John H. Shin, Marco L. Ferrone, Ilya Laufer, Comron Saifi, Jacob M. Buchowski, Jack W. Jennings, Ali K. Ozturk, Christina Huang-Wright, Addisu Mesfin, Chris Steyn, Wesley Hsu, Hesham M. Soliman, Ajit A. Krishnaney, Daniel M. Sciubba, Joseph H. Schwab, Matthew W. Colman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:North American Spine Society Journal
Subjects:
Carbon fiber implants
Carbon fiber-reinforced PEEK
Radiolucent implants
Radiotherapy
Spinal metastases
Spine tumors
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548422000087

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