ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020
Thoracic Spinal Stability and Motion Behavior Are Affected by the Length of Posterior Instrumentation After Vertebral Body Replacement, but Not by the Surgical Approach Type: An
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- Coupled motions of the spine under standardizedFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Pooled it
- How Does the Rib Cage Affect the Biomechanical Properties of the Thoracic Spine? A Systematic Literature Review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Pooled it
- Biomechanical and clinical evaluation of 3D-printed personalized vertebral implants after total En-Bloc spondylectomy: two-year follow-up outcomes.3D printing in medicine · 2025Article
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- Spinal instrumentation length affects adjacent segment range of motion and intradiscal pressure.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Anterior Column Reconstruction of Destructive Vertebral Osteomyelitis at the Thoracolumbar Spine with an Expandable Vertebral Body Replacement Implant: A Retrospective, Monocentric Radiological Cohort Analysis of 24 Cases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Numerical evaluation of spinal reconstruction using a 3D printed vertebral body replacement implant: effects of material anisotropy.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Spinal tumors and unstable vertebral body fractures usually require surgical treatment including vertebral body replacement. Regarding primary stability, however, the best possible treatment depends on the spinal region. The purpose of this
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