Preserving Posterior Complex Can Prevent Adjacent Segment Disease following Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgeries: A Finite Element Analysis

Yun-Peng Huang; Cheng-Fei Du; Cheng-Kung Cheng; Zheng-Cheng Zhong; Xuan-Wei Chen; Gui Wu; Zhe-Cheng Li; Jin-Duo Ye; Jian-Hua Lin; Li Zhen Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166452

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Preserving Posterior Complex Can Prevent Adjacent Segment Disease following Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgeries: A Finite Element Analysis

Yun-Peng Huang,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350005, China
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Cheng-Fei Du,

Affiliations Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China, Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, International Research Center for Implantable and Interventional Medical Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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Cheng-Kung Cheng,

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, International Research Center for Implantable and Interventional Medical Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China, Orthopaedic Device Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, 11221, Taipei, China
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Zheng-Cheng Zhong,

Affiliation Orthopaedic Device Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, 11221, Taipei, China
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Xuan-Wei Chen,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350005, China
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Gui Wu,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350005, China
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Zhe-Cheng Li,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350005, China
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Jin-Duo Ye,

Affiliation Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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Jian-Hua Lin ,

* E-mail: jianhua0918@126.com (JHL); lizhenwang@buaa.edu.cn (LZW)

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350005, China
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Li Zhen Wang

* E-mail: jianhua0918@126.com (JHL); lizhenwang@buaa.edu.cn (LZW)

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, International Research Center for Implantable and Interventional Medical Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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Preserving Posterior Complex Can Prevent Adjacent Segment Disease following Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgeries: A Finite Element Analysis

Yun-Peng Huang,
Cheng-Fei Du,
Cheng-Kung Cheng,
Zheng-Cheng Zhong,
Xuan-Wei Chen,
Gui Wu,
Zhe-Cheng Li,
Jin-Duo Ye,
Jian-Hua Lin,
Li Zhen Wang

Published: November 21, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166452

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