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Accelerated Cervical Fusion of Silicon Nitride versus PEEK Spacers: A Comparative Clinical Study
Author(s): Ball HT, McEntire BJ, Bal, BS The ideal material for the manufacture of cervical fusion cages used in anterior cervical...
Jun 2, 2021
Biological Response of Human Osteosarcoma Cells to Si₃N₄-Doped Bioglasses
Author(s): E. Marin, T. Adachi, F. Boschetto, M. Zanocco, A. Rondinella, W. Zhu, R. Bock, B. McEntire, et al. In vitro and in vivo...
Jun 2, 2021
Comparison of Polyetheretherketone versus Silicon Nitride Intervertebral Spinal Spacers in a Caprine Model
Author(s): R.F.M.R. Kersten, G. Wu, B. Pouran, A.J. van der Veen, H.H. Weinans, A. de Gast, F.C. Öner, and S.M. van Gaalen ...
Jun 2, 2021
Understanding Silicon Nitride’s Biological Properties: From Inert to Bioactive Ceramic
Author(s): E. Marin, A. Rondinella, F. Boschetto, M. Zanocco, B.J. McEntire, B.S. Bal, and G. Pezzotti Due to the favourable...
Jun 2, 2021
Bioglass Functionalization of Laser-Patterned Bioceramic Surfaces and their Enhanced Bioactivity
Author(s): E. Marin, S. Horiguchi, M. Zanocco, F. Boschetto, A. Rondinella, W. Zhu, R.M. Bock, B.J. McEntire, et al The surfaces of...
Jun 2, 2021
Upregulation of Osteoblastic Activity by Si-Y-N-O Phase Chemistry
Author(s): G. Pezzotti, D.A. Cullen, R.M. Bock, W. Zhu, E. Marin, B.J. McEntire, K.L. More, D.N. Leonard, B.S. Bal It is becoming...
Jun 2, 2021
Incorporating Si3N4 into PEEK to Produce Antibacterial, Osteoconductive, and Radiolucent Spinal Implants
Author(s): G. Pezzotti, E. Marin, T. Adachi, F. Lerussi, A. Rondinella, F. Boschetto, W. Zhu, T. Kitajima, et al. Polyetheretherketone...
Jun 2, 2021
A Single Center Retrospective Clinical Evaluation of Anterior Cervical Discec-tomy and Fusion Comparing Allograft Spacers to Silicon Nitride Cages
Author(s): M.W. Smith, D.R. Romano, B.J. McEntire, and B.S. Bal Iliac crest autograft or allograft spacers have been traditionally...
Jun 2, 2021
Silicon Nitride: A Bioceramic with a Gift
Author(s): G. Pezzotti In the closing decades of the 20th century, silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) was extensively developed for...
Jun 2, 2021
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