Assessment of the suitability of biodegradable rods for use in posterior lumbar fusion: An in-vitro biomechanical evaluation and finite element analysis

• Fon-Yih Tsuang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Yueh-Ying Hsieh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Yi-Jie Kuo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

  Current address: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Chia-Hsien Chen,

  Roles Resources, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Feng-Huei Lin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan, Division of Medical Engineering, National Health Research Institute, Miaoli County, Taiwan

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• Chen-Sheng Chen,

  Roles Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chang-Jung Chiang

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chiang.spine@gmail.com

  Current address: Department of Orthopedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2269-8337

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