Study of load-deformation distribution in normal and implanted lumbar motion segment

There is little information about the influence of bone graft elasticity on the mechanical behavior of a L2-L4 motion segment implanted with both interbody implant (spacer) and posterior instrumentation (pedicle screws and rods). IN this study, intersegmental motion and stress level induced at space...

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Main Author: Chia, Emileen Siok Chen.
Other Authors: Teo, Ee Chon
Format: Thesis
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5614