Abstract
An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of anterior cervical plates on multi-level strut-graft loading mechanisms in vitro. Four fresh cadaveric cervical spines were harvested and radiographed and were biomechanically tested in four sequential conditions: harvested (H), (C4-C6) corpectomy (C), strut-grafted (SG), and SG with anterior cervical plate (SGP). Following corpectomy testing, the spine was decompressed and a force sensing strut graft (FSSG) was inserted. The plated spine included an Orion plate attached between C3-C7. Attachment of plate caused an immediate increase in the FSSG load. During flexion of the SGP spine, the FSSG load decreased. However, extension increased the FSSG load.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference - Proceedings |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1998 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference - San Antonio, TX, USA Duration: Feb 6 1998 → Feb 8 1998 |
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| Other | Proceedings of the 1998 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference |
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| City | San Antonio, TX, USA |
| Period | 2/6/98 → 2/8/98 |