Biomechanical evaluation of three surgical scenarios of posterior lumbar interbody fusion by finite element analysis.docVIP

Xiaoetal.BioMedicalEngineeringOnLine2012,11:31 /content/11/1/31 RESEARCH OpenAccess Biomechanicalevaluationofthreesurgical scenariosofposteriorlumbarinterbodyfusionby finiteelementanalysis ZhitaoXiao1,2,LiyaWang2,HeGong1,2*andDongZhu3 Abstract Background:Forthetreatmentoflowbackpain,thefollowingthreescenariosofposteriorlumbarinterbody fusion(PLIF)wereusuallyused,i.e.,PLIFprocedurewithautogenousiliacbone(PAIBmodel),PLIFwithcagesmade ofPEEK(PCPmodel)ortitanium(Ti)(PCTmodel)materiel.Butthebenefitsoradverseeffectsamongthethree surgicalscenarioswerestillnotfullyunderstood. Method:Finiteelementana