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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Augmenting Screw Technique to Prevent TLIF Cage Subsidence: A Biomechanical In Vitro Study.

Alina Jacob, Alicia Feist, Ivan Zderic, Boyko Gueorguiev, Jan Caspar, Christian R Wirtz, Geoff Richards, Markus Loibl, Daniel Haschtmann, Tamas F Fekete

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Recent Findings and Developments in Spine Biomechanics.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alina JacobDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7241-741X
Alicia FeistAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0007-4055-1906
Ivan ZdericAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0484-887X
Boyko GueorguievAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9795-115X
Jan CasparAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.
Christian R WirtzDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8358-1813
Geoff RichardsAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7778-2480
Markus LoiblDepartment of Spine Surgery, Schulthess Clinic, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7631-0476
Daniel HaschtmannDepartment of Spine Surgery, Schulthess Clinic, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0437-8521
Tamas F FeketeDepartment of Spine Surgery, Schulthess Clinic, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5231-5600

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Cage subsidence in spine surgery is a frequent clinical challenge. This study aimed to assess a novel screw augmentation technique for Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in cadavers of reduced bone mineral density (BMD). (2) Forty human lumbar vertebrae (BMD 84.2 ± 24.4 mgHA/cm

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biomechanicslumbar spine surgeryosteoporosissubsidenceTLIF

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PMID40281697
PMCPMC12024390

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