Differences in spinal cord biomechanics after laminectomy, laminoplasty, and laminectomy with fusion for degenerative cervical myelopathy

A Vedantam, B Harinathan, A Warraich… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Spinal cord stress/strain during neck motion contributes to spinal cord
dysfunction in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM), yet the effect of surgery on spinal …

Cervical spine morphology and ligament property variations: a finite element study of their influence on sagittal bending characteristics

JD John, GS Kumar, N Yoganandan - Journal of biomechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
Cervical spine finite element models reported in biomechanical literature usually represent a
static morphology. Not considering morphology as a model parameter limits the predictive …

Natural history of the aging spine: a cross-sectional analysis of spinopelvic parameters in the asymptomatic population

M Attiah, B Gaonkar, Y Alkhalid, D Villaroman… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE There have been numerous studies demonstrating increased pain and
disability when patients' spinopelvic parameters fall outside of certain accepted ranges …

Influence of morphological variations on cervical spine segmental responses from inertial loading

JD John, N Yoganandan, MWJ Arun… - Traffic injury …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of morphological
variations in osteoligamentous lower cervical spinal segment responses under postero …

Biomechanical effects of uncinate process excision in cervical disc arthroplasty

N Yoganandan, Y Purushothaman, H Choi… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Studies on the role of uncinate process have been limited to responses of the
intact spine and patient's outcomes, and procedures to perform the excision. The aim of this …

Comparative finite element modeling study of anterior cervical arthrodesis versus cervical arthroplasty with Bryan disc or Prodisc C

H Choi, Y Purushothaman, JL Baisden… - Military …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA), a motion-preserving alternative to anterior
cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), is used in military patients for the treatment of …

Rear-impact neck whiplash: role of head inertial properties and spine morphological variations on segmental rotations

JD John, G Saravana Kumar… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Whiplash injuries continue to be a concern in low-speed rear impact. This study was
designed to investigate the role of variations in spine morphology and head inertia …

Influence of cervical spine sagittal alignment on range of motion after corpectomy: a finite element study

JD John, GS Kumar, N Yoganandan, V Rajshekhar - Acta Neurochirurgica, 2021 - Springer
Background Sagittal alignment of the cervical spine might influence the development of
radiological adjacent segment pathology (RASP) after central corpectomy (CC). Range of …

Biomechanical study of cervical disc arthroplasty devices using finite element modeling

N Yoganandan… - … and science in …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Many artificial discs for have been introduced to overcome the disadvantages of
conventional anterior discectomy and fusion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the …

Effects of different severities of disc degeneration on the range of motion of cervical spine

N Yoganandan, H Choi, Y Purushothaman… - … Junction and Spine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Aims and Objectives: The human spine degenerates with age. Intervertebral disc
degeneration occurs in the cervical spine. The objective of this study is to determine the …