Original Article
  • Comparative Analysis of Biomechanical Behaviors on Lumbar with Titanium and Carbon Fiber Reinforced PEEK Connecting Rods for Fusion Surgery

  • Hye-Sung Seo*, Hae-Seong Kang*, Houng-Jae Chun*†

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

  • 티타늄과 탄소 섬유 강화 PEEK로 구성된 요추 유합술용 연결봉의 의공학적 영향에 대한 비교 분석

  • 서혜성* · 강해성* · 전흥재*†

  • This article is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Correspondence to

  • Houng-Jae Chun

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

  • E-mail: hjchun@yonsei.ac.kr