Osteopenia and Total Disc Prosthesis Subsidence: Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria for Total Disc Replacement
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Osteopenia and Total Disc Prosthesis Subsidence: Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria for Total Disc Replacement
BACKGROUND Prosthetic subsidence is an adverse event of disc arthroplasty with a total disc prosthesis. Factors affecting prosthetic subsidence are (1) the size of the prosthetic endplate (footprint), (2) amount of load applied to the spine, and (3) compressive strength of the vertebral bone. The size of the prosthetic endplate has been addressed adequately in the development of the current gen...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Spine Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2211-4599
DOI: 10.1016/sasj-2007-0104-rr