Effect of lordosis on adjacent levels after lumbar interbody fusion, before and after removal of the spinal fixator: a finite element analysis - Tsuang, Fon-Yih; Tsai, Jui-Chang; Lai, Dar-Ming (BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2019)
Keywords: adjacent-segment disease; Biomechanical Phenomena; Care and treatment; Device Removal; Finite Element Analysis; Finite element method; Humans; Internal fixation; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - etiology; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - pathology; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - prevention & control; Lordosis; Lordosis - pathology; Lordosis - surgery; lumbar lordosis; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Models, Anatomic; Orthopedic surgery; Pedicle Screws - adverse effects; posterior lumbar fusion; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - pathology; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Range of Motion, Articular; Spinal fixator; Spinal fusion; Spinal Fusion - adverse effects; Spinal Fusion - instrumentation; Spinal Fusion - methods; Stress management; Zygapophyseal Joint - pathology; Finite element analysis; posterior lumbar fusion; adjacent-segment disease; Spinal fixator; lumbar lordosis