Endplate weakening during cage bed preparation significantly reduces endplate load capacity.
Anna-Katharina CalekFrédéric CornazMauro SuterMarie-Rosa FasserMazda FarshadJonas WidmerPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
Weakening of the endplate during cage bed preparation significantly reduces the resistance of the endplate to subsidence to failure: endplate load capacity is reduced by 15% with TLIF and 37% with PLIF. Bone quality correlates with the force at which endplate failure occurs.