TY - JOUR
AU - Follak,, Niels
AB - SPINE Volume 38, Number 5, pp E263–E269 ©2013, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins BASIC SCIENCE Histomorphometric and Radiographical Changes After Lumbar Implantation of the PEEK Nonfusion Interspinous Device in the BB.4S Rat Model Thomas Barz , MD , * Jörn Lange , MD , † Markus Melloh , MD, MPH, PhD , ‡ Lukas P. Staub , MD, PhD , § ¶ Harry R. Merk , MD ,  Ingrid Klöting , PhD , ** and Niels Follak , MD †† or histomorphometric structure of the spinous processes between Study Design. An experimental animal study. adjacent vertebral bodies, between treated and untreated segments Objective. To investigate histomorphometric and radiographical and between groups. changes in the BB.4S rat model after PEEK (polyetheretherketone) Conclusion. These fi ndings indicate that resorption of spinous nonfusion interspinous device implantation. processes because of a result of implant loosening, inhibit the Summary of Background Data. Clinical effectiveness of the targeted load redistribution through the PEEK nonfusion interspinous PEEK nonfusion spine implant Wallis (Abbott, Bordeaux, France; device in the lumbar spinal segment of the rat. This leads to reduced now Zimmer, Warsaw, IN) is well documented. However, there is long-term stability of the implant in the animal model. 
TI - Histomorphometric and Radiographical Changes After Lumbar Implantation of the PEEK Nonfusion Interspinous Device in the BB.4S Rat Model
JF - Spine
DO - 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318280c710
DA - 2013-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/histomorphometric-and-radiographical-changes-after-lumbar-implantation-k9H2yDWEez
SP - E263
VL - 38
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -