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Expandable Interbody Fusion Cages: An Editorial on the Surgeon's Perspective on Recent Technological Advances and Their Biomechanical Implications
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Lisa Ferrara and Boyle Cheng
International Journal of Spine Surgery December 2020, 14 (s3) S56-S62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/7127
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
1Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona and Surgical Institute of Tucson, Arizona, Department of Orthopaedics, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, Colombia, Department of Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MDLisa Ferrara
2OrthoKinetic Technologies LLC, Southport, North Carolina
PHDBoyle Cheng
3Carnegie Mellon University, Neurosurgical and Spine Research, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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International Journal of Spine Surgery
Vol. 14, Issue s3
1 Dec 2020
Expandable Interbody Fusion Cages: An Editorial on the Surgeon's Perspective on Recent Technological Advances and Their Biomechanical Implications
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Lisa Ferrara, Boyle Cheng
International Journal of Spine Surgery Dec 2020, 14 (s3) S56-S62; DOI: 10.14444/7127
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- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- SIMPLIFIED SPINE CARE
- WHY EXPANDABLE CAGE DESIGNS?
- THE EVOLUTION OF EXPANDABLE INTERBODY CAGES
- DRAWBACKS OF EXPANDABLES
- SURGEON INPUT AND DESIGN FEATURES
- MEASURES OF CLIINICAL SUCCESS
- STATIC VERSUS EXPANDABLE
- CLINICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL RELEVANCE OF STIFFNESS
- EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS OF COMPOSITE DEVICES
- CONCLUSIONS
- Footnotes
- REFERENCES
- Figures & Data
- Info & Metrics
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