## Abstract The goal of our study was to evaluate two newly developed implant designs and their behavior in terms of subsidence in lumbar vertebral bodies under cyclic loading. The new implants were evaluated in two different configurations (two small prototypes vs. one large prototype with similar
New implant designs for fracture fixation in osteoporotic bone
β Scribed by J. Goldhahn; J. Seebeck; R. Frei; B. Frenz; I. Antoniadis; E. Schneider
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0937-941X
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