Biomechanical Study on the Effect of Cervical Spine Fusion on Adjacent-Level Intradiscal Pressure and Segmental Motion

C. Eck, Jason; Craig Humphreys, S.; Lim, Tae-Hong; Tack Jeong, Soon; G. Kim, Jesse; D. Hodges, Scott; S. An, Howard

doi:10.1097/00007632-200211150-00003

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Biomechanical Study on the Effect of Cervical Spine Fusion on Adjacent-Level Intradiscal Pressure and Segmental Motion

Published in Spine • Nov 1, 2002

Authors:

Jason C. Eck

S. Craig Humphreys

Tae-Hong Lim

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: A biomechanical study was performed using cadaveric cervical spine specimens. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of cervical spine fusion on adjacent-level intradiscal pressure. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Clinical studies have reported that patients with spinal fusion are at greater r...

Subject

Cadaveric spasm

Medicine

Anatomy

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