Changing rod stiffness to moderate stress of adjacent disc in oblique lumbar interbody fusion - a finite element analysis
The study concluded that rod stiffness was associated with change at the adjacent segments. The use of OLIF surgery with PCU rods can minimize the impact of the adjacent segment after lumbar fusion.
Authors
- Shih‐Tien Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-8332)
- Jingjie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4552-0144)
- Po‐Hsin Chou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5899-1124)
- Chen-Sheng Chen
- Chien-Lin Liu
- Shih-Liang Shih
Institutions
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- I-Shou University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2025-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-08504-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94