The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 333-340, April 2010

The effect of implant size and device keel on vertebral compression properties in lumbar total disc replacement

  • Joshua D. Auerbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10457, USA
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedics, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1650 Grand Concourse, 7th Floor, Bronx, NY 10457, USA. Tel.: (609)-202 6173.
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  • Carrie M. Ballester, MSE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Frank Hammond, MSE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Ehren T. Carine, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Richard A. Balderston, MD

      Affiliations

    • Booth, Bartolozzi, and Balderston Orthopaedics, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Dawn M. Elliott, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 22 July 2009; accepted 13 January 2010.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: JDA (consulting, Synthes Spine, DePuy Spine, Paradigm Spine, LLC, research support: staff and/or materials, Synthes Spine, Fonar, Inc.; grants, DePuy Spine); RAB (consulting, Synthes; speaking and/or teaching arrangements, Synthes; trips/travel, Synthes); DME (grants, AO Spine Foundation).

PII: S1529-9430(10)00044-6

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.01.008

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 333-340, April 2010

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