Finite Element Based-Analysis for Pre and Post Lumbar Fusion of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis Patients

ConclusionsThis study was the first to investigate the effect of adjacent load transfer before and after fusion surgery using in vivo CT scans of 10 scoliotic spines. A posterior fusion has only a minor effect on mechanical behavior and a large effect on pressure and forces at the adjacent level. As expected, a large effect in the kinematics and kinetics was found at the fused level.Level of EvidenceLevel 3.
Source: Spine Deformity - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research