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European Spine Journal

Issue Special Issue 5/2012

The Science of Intervertebral Disc Replacement

Content (16 Articles)

Editorial

Editor’s preface: the science of intervertebral disc replacement

Hans-Joachim Wilke, Stephen J. Ferguson

Original Article

The role of prosthesis design on segmental biomechanics

Hans-Joachim Wilke, René Schmidt, Marcus Richter, Werner Schmoelz, Heiko Reichel, Balkan Cakir

Original Article

Effect of prosthesis endplate lordosis angles on L5-S1 kinematics after disc arthroplasty

Parmenion P. Tsitsopoulos, Bartosz Wojewnik, Leonard I. Voronov, Robert M. Havey, Susan M. Renner, Julia Zelenakova, Braden McIntosh, Gerard Carandang, Celeste Abjornson, Avinash G. Patwardhan

Original Article

Resect or not to resect: the role of posterior longitudinal ligament in lumbar total disc replacement

Balkan Cakir, Marcus Richter, Werner Schmoelz, René Schmidt, Heiko Reichel, Hans Joachim Wilke

Original Article

Kinematic evaluation of one- and two-level Maverick lumbar total disc replacement caudal to a long thoracolumbar spinal fusion

Qingan Zhu, Eyal Itshayek, Claire F. Jones, Timothy Schwab, Chadwick R. Larson, Lawrence G. Lenke, Peter A. Cripton

Original Article

Primary and coupled motions after cervical total disc replacement using a compressible six-degree-of-freedom prosthesis

A. G. Patwardhan, M. N. Tzermiadianos, P. P. Tsitsopoulos, L. I. Voronov, S. M. Renner, M. L. Reo, G. Carandang, K. Ritter-Lang, R. M. Havey

Original Article

Effects of lumbar artificial disc design on intervertebral mobility: in vivo comparison between mobile-core and fixed-core

Joël Delécrin, Jérôme Allain, Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Paul Steib, Jean Huppert, Hervé Chataigner, Marc Ameil, Lucie Aubourg, Jean-Michel Nguyen

Open Access Original Article

Do design variations in the artificial disc influence cervical spine biomechanics? A finite element investigation

Ahmad Faizan, Vijay K. Goel, Steven R. Garfin, Christopher M. Bono, Hassan Serhan, Ashok Biyani, Hossein Elgafy, Manoj Krishna, Tai Friesem

Original Article

Effect of multilevel lumbar disc arthroplasty on spine kinematics and facet joint loads in flexion and extension: a finite element analysis

Hendrik Schmidt, Fabio Galbusera, Antonius Rohlmann, Thomas Zander, Hans-Joachim Wilke

Original Article

In silico evaluation of a new composite disc substitute with a L3–L5 lumbar spine finite element model

Jérôme Noailly, Luigi Ambrosio, K. Elizabeth Tanner, Josep A. Planell, Damien Lacroix

Review Article

Parameters that effect spine biomechanics following cervical disc replacement

Vijay K. Goel, Ahmad Faizan, Vivek Palepu, Sanghita Bhattacharya

Original Article

Preferential superior surface motion in wear simulations of the Charité total disc replacement

Curtis M. Goreham-Voss, Rachel Vicars, Richard M. Hall, Thomas D. Brown