Study Design. A biomechanical study comparing arthroplasty with fusion using human
cadaveric C2–T1 spines. Objective. To compare the kinematics of the cervical spine after …

Background: Discectomy and fusion is considered the “gold standard” treatment for clinical
manifestations of degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine. However, clinical and …

Methods The model was based on anatomy defined using medical images and included
nonlinear material properties to capture the high flexibility and large neutral zone of the sheep …

Study Design. A biomechanical comparison of 2 commonly used posterior surgical
procedures for spinal cord decompression in the cervical spine: laminoplasty (open door) and …

Study Design. Radiographical and biomechanical analyses. Objective. To determine the
applicability of C7 laminar screw fixation using radiographical and biomechanical analysis. …

METHODS Biomechanical compression tests and finite element analyses were performed
in this study. Sixteen cervical vertebrae (C3-C6) were isolated from six cadaveric cervical …

Study Design. An in vitro investigation of the biomechanics of the intact and destabilized
sheep cervical spine. Objective. To establish the primary and coupled behaviors of the sheep …

Disc degeneration is a natural process and is widely prevalent. The severity of disc degeneration
and the type of treatment varies from person to person. Fusion is a commonly chosen …

Laboratory-driven experimental studies are capable of delineating the biomechanical
characteristics of the spine. They are limited, however, to external responses; that is, internal …

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the bioPlex bioresorbable interbody
device in a sheep lumbar fusion model and compare it to the concorde®, a standard carbon …