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Intraoperative Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stiffness

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Spinal instability has been assessed according to certain physiological or radio-graphic abnormalities of the spine [1–5]. A quantitative assessment of spinal instability is, however, essential for justification of lumbar fusion or stabilization and this has actually been conducted by few researchers [6] (D.C. Holmes, M.D. Brown, E.C. Eckstein, et al. 1989, In Vitro and In Vivo Measurement of Lumbar Spine Motion Segment Unit Stiffness; unpublished work, University of Miami School of Medicine). We attempted to develop a method of measuring spinal instability that could be carried out during lumbar spine surgery [7–10]. This method enabled us to measure the alterations of lumbar spinal instability in each step of surgical decompression, stabilization, or bone grafting. The final aim of this research was to establish an objective criterion for fusion and stabilization [6,11–14].

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, 553, Japan

    Sohei Ebara, Takeo Harada, Noboru Hosono, Kazuo Yonenobu & Keiro Ono

  2. Department of Engineering Science, Osaka University Engineering Science School, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

    Masao Tanaka & Yoshiharu Morimoto

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Labor Welfare Corporation, Kansai Rosai Hospital, 660, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan

    Kazuo Yonenobu M.D.

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, 533, Osaka, Japan

    Keiro Ono M.D. (Dean of Medical School, Professor and Chairman) (Dean of Medical School, Professor and Chairman)

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, 078, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

    Yoshiharu Takemitsu M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Ebara, S. et al. (1993). Intraoperative Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stiffness. In: Yonenobu, K., Ono, K., Takemitsu, Y. (eds) Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68234-9_6

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