Issue Special Issue 5/2012
The Science of Intervertebral Disc Replacement
Content (16 Articles)
Editor’s preface: the science of intervertebral disc replacement
Hans-Joachim Wilke, Stephen J. Ferguson
The role of prosthesis design on segmental biomechanics
Hans-Joachim Wilke, René Schmidt, Marcus Richter, Werner Schmoelz, Heiko Reichel, Balkan Cakir
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
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
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
An in vitro biomechanical comparison of Cadisc™-L with natural lumbar discs in axial compression and sagittal flexion
Donal McNally, Jason Naylor, Scott Johnson
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
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
Use of a personalized hybrid biomechanical model to assess change in lumbar spine function with a TDR compared to an intact spine
Gregory G. Knapik, Ehud Mendel, William S. Marras
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
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
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
Parameters that effect spine biomechanics following cervical disc replacement
Vijay K. Goel, Ahmad Faizan, Vivek Palepu, Sanghita Bhattacharya
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
Influence of the loading frequency on the wear rate of a polyethylene-on-metal lumbar intervertebral disc replacement
Annette Kettler, Michael Bushelow, Hans-Joachim Wilke