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Lessons Learned from Positive Biomechanics and Poor Clinical Outcomes

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Biomechanical testings are essential to the research process. However, understanding the assumptions, inevitable part of engineering solution as it translates to clinical outcomes is paramount to the iterative process in implant design. Therefore, it is critical to consider that beneficial biomechanical data may not actually yield good clinical outcomes.

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The work was supported in part by NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at The University of California at San Francisco, CA, and The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. A sincere thank you to Ronit Shah for his diligent proofreading of this book chapter.

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  1. Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

    Deniz U. Erbulut, Ali Kiapour & Vijay K. Goel

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Koji Matsumoto

  3. Engineering Center for Orthopaedic Research Excellence (E-CORE), Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

    Anoli Shah

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

    Anand Agarwal

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Boyle C. Cheng

  6. Spine & Scoliosis Specialists, Tampa, FL, USA

    Joseph Zavatsky

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Erbulut, D.U. et al. (2020). Lessons Learned from Positive Biomechanics and Poor Clinical Outcomes. In: Cheng, B. (eds) Handbook of Spine Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33037-2_27-1

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