A new radiolucent system for vertebral body replacement: Its stability in comparison to other systems
✍ Scribed by Claes, Lutz ;Schultheiss, Markus ;Wolf, Steffen ;Wilke, Hans-Joachim ;Arand, Markus ;Kinzl, Lothar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9304
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✦ Synopsis
Anterior intervention of metastatic lesions of the spine can accomplish relief of pain, spinal decompression, and restoration of spinal stability. Ventral vertebral body replacements have been developed to provide these conditions but there have been problems with loosening at the implant-bone interface, mechanical failure, and X-ray artifacts from the metal. Intraoperative stability of the vertebral body replacement is especially critical to avoid loosening of the implant and to achieve long-term bony incorporation. This study compared the biomechanical performance in vitro of a new radiolucent system for vertebral body replacement to three currently marketed systems. The new system features a composite bioglass-polyurethane body and a new configuration of polymeric fastening hardware. Range of motion, neutral zone, and several interfacial motion parameters were measured under pure moments of 3.75 Nm in the three anatomical directions. The new system provided the significantly highest restraint of motion for all parameters. Mechanically, the new system is preferable at least initially to a sampling of systems representative of those currently used.