Kinematic Response of the L4-L5 Functional Spinal Unit After a Lateral Lumbar Fusion Surgery

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

Luísa Costa Sousa (Author) Other; Bruno Areias (Author) Other; Susana C. Caetano (Author) Other; Parente, MPL (Author) FEUP; Renato Natal Jorge (Author) Other; H. Sousa (Author) Other; J. M. Gonçalves (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Mecânica Experimental

ISSN: 1646-7078

Publisher: Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-010-TWK

Abstract (EN): The present work aims to develop a numerical simulation of the direct lateral interbody fusion of L4-L5 spine unit using the finite element (FE) method. In this minimally invasive surgical approach for vertebrae fusion, the Oracle Cage implant is intended to replace lumbar intervertebral discs and to fuse the adjacent vertebral bodies together at vertebral levels L1 to L5. A 3- dimensional, nonlinear finite element model of the L4-L5 functional spine unit is used to study the kinematic stability of the lateral lumbar interbody fusion.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific