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. 2003 May 29;12(6):556–561. doi: 10.1007/s00586-003-0556-5

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6.

Von Mises stress distributions for intact cases (upper row) and models with a titanium cage (bottom row). A sagittal cut through the cancellous core of L3 is shown; anterior is to the left. The corresponding endplate definition is denoted in the middle, obtained with a fine distribution of the moduli