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      Biomechanical studies of a dynamized anterior thoracolumbar implant.

      Spine
      Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Cattle, Lumbosacral Region, Prostheses and Implants, Spine, surgery

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          An in vitro investigation into the biomechanical properties of a dynamized anterolateral compression implant that allows controlled subsidence. To determine the extent to which both modes of the anterolateral compression implant (controlled collapsing and rigid) are able to reestablish the stability of the lumbar spine after L4 corpectomy. Over time, anterior and posterior spinal implants have been associated with progressive angulation, and occasionally implant failure and breakage. To circumvent this occurrence and provide better graft loading, dynamized or collapsing devices for clinical use have been developed. Eight fresh calf spines (L1-L6) were placed in a biomechanical testing frame. Pure moments of 6 Nm were loaded onto the intact spine in six directions: flexion, extension, right and left lateral bending, and right and left axial rotation. A total L4 corpectomy then was performed, and the defect grafted with a wooden dowel. Loading was repeated after the specimens were stabilized using the two modes of the anterolateral compression implant in succession. The results showed that both modes of the implant (the rigid mode in particular) restore the stiffness of the unstable spine to normal levels of flexion, extension, and right and left lateral bending, even to levels exceeding normal. These devices, however, fall short of achieving normal stability in right and left axial rotation. In the cadaveric calf spine after L4 corpectomy, restoration of stability with a dynamized anterior spinal implant is possible in flexion, extension, and right and left lateral bending, but not in axial rotation.

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          10703101

          Chemistry
          Animals,Biomechanical Phenomena,Cattle,Lumbosacral Region,Prostheses and Implants,Spine,surgery
          Chemistry
          Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Cattle, Lumbosacral Region, Prostheses and Implants, Spine, surgery

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