Motion analysis of total cervical disc replacements using computed tomography: preliminary experience with nine patients and a model.

Abstract

The mobility of the cervical spine after total disc replacement can be effectively measured in vivo using CT. This method requires an appropriate patient positioning and scan parameters to achieve suitable image quality.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Analysis of Variance
• Cervical Vertebrae
• Female
• Humans
• Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
• Imaging, Three-Dimensional
• Intervertebral Disc
• Joint Prosthesis
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Models, Biological
• Postoperative Complications
• Prosthesis Implantation
• Range of Motion, Articular
• Reproducibility of Results
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Total Disc Replacement

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Authors

• Per Svedmark
• Fredrik Lundh
• Gunnar Németh
• Marilyn E Noz
• Gerald Q Maguire
• Michael P Zeleznik
• Henrik Olivecrona

Publication date

2011-12-06

Journal

Journal topics

• Radiography
• Radionuclide Imaging

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)

Division of Orthopedics, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Release reference

Acta Radiol. 2011 Dec;52(10):1128-37

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