Open AccessAssessment of a rabbit posterolateral spinal fusion using movement between vertebrae: a modification of the palpation exam for quantifying fusions
Author(s) -
Sohrab Virk,
Alex Aurand,
Alicia L. Bertone,
Hayam Hussein,
Mari Kaido,
William S. Marras,
Safdar N. Khan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of spine surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-469X
pISSN - 2414-4630
DOI - 10.21037/jss.2019.04.08
Subject(s) - palpation , medicine , spinal fusion , anatomy , cervical vertebrae , surgery , nuclear medicine
Manual palpation of rabbit spine levels has been used to assess fusion status. This method of testing is subject to inter-observer differences in assessment. We attempted to quantify fusion based on the amount of movement between rabbit vertebrae at the level of fusion.