The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 174-181 , February 2009

Preliminary biomechanical evaluation of prophylactic vertebral reinforcement adjacent to vertebroplasty under cyclic loading

  • Robert J. Oakland, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    • ,
  • Navin R. Furtado, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    • ,
  • Ruth K. Wilcox, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    • ,
  • Jake Timothy, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK
    • ,
  • Richard M. Hall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    • Academic Unit of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Tel.: (44) 113-343-2132; fax: (44) 113-242-4611.

Received 19 December 2007 ,Accepted 19 May 2008.

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 FDA device/drug status: Not applicable.Nothing of value received from a commercial entity related to this article.

 Sources of Support: Funding for this work was received from Action Medical Research (Grant Ref: AP1028), Rosetrees Trust, EPSRC, and the Yorkshire Children's Spine Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of DePuy CMW who provided the cement. Ethics Approval was received from Leeds East Research Ethics Committee, St. James University Hospital, Leeds, UK (06/Q1206/149).

PII: S1529-9430(08)00207-6

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.05.009

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 174-181 , February 2009

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