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AO Research Institute, Switzerland
Osteoporotic vertebrae new implant prototypes perform better than conventional implants
July 4th, 2006
New prototype configurations for spinal implants except for a large cylinder design survived significantly longer than the control group of conventional screw-based implants. "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 load-bearing area) in comparison to a conventional screw-based implant (MACS TL)," investigators in Switzerland report. "A pool of 13 spines with a total of 65 vertebrae was used to establish...
Source: Pharma Law Weekly (2006-07-04)
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