Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 166-172 , February 2010

The biomechanical effects of osteoporosis vertebral augmentation with cancellous bone granules or bone cement on treated and adjacent non-treated vertebral bodies: A finite element evaluation

  • Licheng Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Ruian, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325200, China
    • ,
  • Guojing Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Ruian, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325200, China
    • ,
  • Lijun Wu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Digitized Medicine, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Binfeng Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Ruian, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325200, China

Received 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.10.006

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 166-172 , February 2010

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