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• A Biomechanical Comparison of the US Spine™ Facet Bolt™ and Pedicle Screw Fixation
• Effect of physiological loads on cortical and traditional pedicle screw fixation
• Radiographic Follow-up of Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion with Silicon Nitride Spacers: A Case Report of Two Patients
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• A surface modification strategy on silicon nitride for developing biosensors
• Evaluation of Silicon Nitride as a Substrate for Culture of PC12 Cells: An Interfacial Model for Functional Studies in Neurons
• Size Matters to Stem Cells
• Study on the possibility of silicon nitride-silicon nitride as a material for hip prostheses
• Enhanced proliferation and osteocalcin production by human osteoblast-like MG63 cells on silicon nitride ceramic discs
• Cytotoxicity evaluation of ceramic particles of different sizes and shapes
• Histological and microradiographic appearances of Silicon Nitride and Aluminum Oxide in a rabbit femur implantation model
• Comparative investigation of the biocompatibility of various silicon nitride ceramic qualities in vitro
• Cytotoxic evaluation of silicon nitride-based ceramics
• Biocompatibility of Silicon Nitride Ceramic In Vitro. A Comparative Fluorescence-microscopic and Scanning Electron Microscopic Study
• In Vivo Biostability of CVD Silicon Oxide and Silicon Nitride Films
• Prototype of a silicon nitride ceramic-based miniplate osteofixation system for the midface
• Development and cytotoxicity evaluation of SiAlONs ceramics
• Covalent biofunctionalization of silicon nitride surfaces
• Comparative investigation of the biocompatibility of various silicon nitride ceramic qualities in vitro
• Prototype of a silicon nitride ceramic-based miniplate osteofixation system for the midface
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Radiographic Follow-up of Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion with Silicon Nitride Spacers: A Case Report of Two Patients
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Tissue response around silicon nitride implants in rabbits
• Hydroxyapatite Coating on Silicon Nitride Surfaces Using the Biomimetic Method
• On the possibility of silicon nitride as a ceramic for structural orthopaedic implants - Part I: processing, microstructure, mechanical properties, cytotoxicity
• Ceramics for Medical Applications: A Picture for the Next 20 Years
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Cytocompatibility of high strength non-oxide ceramics
• Protein-repellent silicon nitride surfaces: UV-induced formation of oligoethylene oxide monolayers
• Silicon nitride films for the protective functional coating: Blood compatibility and biomechanical property study
• Fabrication and Evaluation of SixNy Coatings for Total Joint Replacements
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• An Overview of Silicon Nitride as a Novel Biomaterial
• Synthesis, Characterizations and in Vitro Assessment of the Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Novel Silicon Nitride-Based Porous Ceramics
• Future bearing surfaces in total hip arthroplasty
• Bearing surfaces in hip replacement - Evolution and likely future
• Bioceramics for Hip Joints: The Physical Chemistry Viewpoint
• Evaluation of silicon nitride as a wear resistant and resorbable alternative for total hip joint replacement
• Bioceramics for Hip Joints: The Physical Chemistry Viewpoint
• Evaluation of silicon nitride as a wear resistant and resorbable alternative for total hip joint replacement
• Evaluation of silicon nitride as a wear resistant and resorbable alternative for total hip joint replacement
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Radiographic Follow-up of Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion with Silicon Nitride Spacers: A Case Report of Two Patients
• Study on the possibility of silicon nitride-silicon nitride as a material for hip prostheses
• Wettability and surface charge of Si3N4–bioglass composites in contact with simulated physiological liquids
• Ceramic Materials in Total Joint Arthroplasty
• Ceramics for Medical Applications: A Picture for the Next 20 Years
• On the possibility of silicon nitride as a ceramic for structural orthopaedic implants. Part II: chemical stability and wear resistance in body environment
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Silicon nitride films for the protective functional coating: Blood compatibility and biomechanical property study
• Fabrication and Evaluation of SixNy Coatings for Total Joint Replacements
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• Decreased bacteria activity on Si3N4 surfaces compared to PEEK or titanium
• Future bearing surfaces in total hip arthroplasty
• Bearing surfaces in hip replacement - Evolution and likely future
• Surface modulation of silicon nitride ceramics for orthopaedic applications
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Bioceramics for Hip Joints: The Physical Chemistry Viewpoint
• Bioceramics for Hip Joints: The Physical Chemistry Viewpoint
• The Effect of Accelerated Aging on the Material Properties of Ceramic Femoral Heads
• A new fabrication method of low stress PECVD SiNx layers for biomedical applications
• On the possibility of silicon nitride as a ceramic for structural orthopaedic implants. Part II: chemical stability and wear resistance in body environment
• Point-Defect Populations as Induced by Cation/Anion Substitution in β-Si3N4 Lattice – A Cathodoluminescence Study
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Silicon nitride films for the protective functional coating: Blood compatibility and biomechanical property study
• Silicon nitride: the engineering material of the future
• Structure and Composition of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbon Nitride Coatings for Joint Replacements
• Silicon Nitride and Related Materials
• Densification route and mechanical properties of Si3N4–bioglass biocomposites
• Si3N4-bioglass composites stimulate the proliferation of MG63 osteoblast-like cells and support the osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow cells
• Results of 15-Year Clinical Study of Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride Intervertebral Spacers
• Cytotoxic evaluation of silicon nitride-based ceramics
• Ceramic Materials in Total Joint Arthroplasty
• Fabrication and Testing of Silicon Nitride Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty
• Ceramics for Medical Applications: A Picture for the Next 20 Years
• Cytocompatibility of high strength non-oxide ceramics
• The Rationale for Silicon Nitride Bearings in Orthopaedic Applications
• Fabrication and Evaluation of SixNy Coatings for Total Joint Replacements
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• Future bearing surfaces in total hip arthroplasty
• Bearing surfaces in hip replacement - Evolution and likely future
• Mechanical and tribological behavior of silicon nitride and silicon carbon nitride coatings for total joint replacements
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Silicon Nitride Bearings: An Alternative to Oxide Ceramics in Total Hip Arthroplasty
• An Analytical Observation of the Tribochemical Reaction of Silicon Nitride Sliding with Low Friction in Aqueous Solutions
• A Review and a Fundamental Theory of Silicon Nitride Tribochemistry
• Friction and Wear of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbide in Water: Hydrodynamic Lubrication at Low Sliding Speed Obtained by Tribochemical Wear
• Structure and Composition of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbon Nitride Coatings for Joint Replacements
• Ultra-Low Friction Coefficient in Alumina–Silicon Nitride Pair Lubricated with Water
• Wear of Water Lubricated Silicon Nitride in Ball on Disc Test
• Effect of Adsorbed Water on Friction of Hot-Pressed Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbide at Slow Speed Sliding
• The Effects of the Surrounding Atmosphere on the Friction and Wear of Alumina, Zirconia, Silicon Carbide and Silicon Nitride
• Effects of surface preparation on the friction and wear behaviour of silicon nitride/silicon carbide sliding pairs
• Silicon Nitride Bearings: An Alternative to Oxide Ceramics in Total Hip Arthroplasty
• Comparison of the Friction Properties of Four Ceramic Materials for Joint Replacements
• Fundamental study for all-ceramic artificial hip joint
• The Difference in Running-In Period and Friction Coefficient Between Self-Mated Si3N4 and SiC Under Water Lubrication
• Single Asperity Tribochemical Wear of Silicon Nitride Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy
• Water Lubrication of Silicon Nitride in Sliding
• Lubrication of silicon nitride and silicon carbide by water: Running in, wear and operation of sliding bearings
• Covalent biofunctionalization of silicon nitride surfaces
• Thermal Conductivity of Femoral Ball Strongly Influenced UHMWPE Wear in a Hip Simulator Study
• A new fabrication method of low stress PECVD SiNx layers for biomedical applications
• Ceramics for Medical Applications: A Picture for the Next 20 Years
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• The Rationale for Silicon Nitride Bearings in Orthopaedic Applications
• Fabrication and Evaluation of SixNy Coatings for Total Joint Replacements
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• Tribochemical Aspects of Silicon Nitride Ceramic Sliding Against Stainless Steel Under the Lubrication of Seawater
• Future bearing surfaces in total hip arthroplasty
• Bearing surfaces in hip replacement - Evolution and likely future
• Mechanical and tribological behavior of silicon nitride and silicon carbon nitride coatings for total joint replacements
• Radiographic Follow-up of Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion with Silicon Nitride Spacers: A Case Report of Two Patients
• Wear Prediction on Silicon Nitride Bearing Couple in Human Hip Prosthesis using Finite Element Concepts
• Surface modulation of silicon nitride ceramics for orthopaedic applications
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Si3N4 as a biomaterial and its tribo-characterization under water lubrication
• The Effect of Cervical Interbody Cage Morphology, Material Composition, and Substrate Density on Cage Subsidence
• The Effect of Cervical Interbody Cage Morphology, Material Composition, and Substrate Density on Cage Subsidence
• Prototype of a silicon nitride ceramic-based miniplate osteofixation system for the midface
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Silicon Nitride: A New Material for Spinal Implants
• Artifact level produced by different femoral head prostheses in CT imaging: diamond coated silicon nitride as total hip replacement material
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• Ceramics and ceramic coatings in orthopaedics
• Radiographic Follow-up of Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion with Silicon Nitride Spacers: A Case Report of Two Patients
• Fundamentals for Achieving the Consistent Skeletal Attachment of Implants
• The SNAP trial: a double blind multi-center randomized controlled trial of a silicon nitride versus a PEEK cage in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients with symptomatic degenerative lumbar disc disorders: study protocol
• The CASCADE Trial: Effectiveness of Ceramic Versus PEEK Cages for Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Interbody Fusion; Protocol of a Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
• Thirty-day readmissions after elective spine surgery for degenerative conditions among US Medicare beneficiaries
• The Effect of Silicon Nitride Ceramic on Rabbit Skeletal Cells and Tissue - An In Vitro and In Vivo Investigation
• Si3N4-bioglass composites stimulate the proliferation of MG63 osteoblast-like cells and support the osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow cells
• Results of 15-Year Clinical Study of Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride Intervertebral Spacers
• Differentiation of the human mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow and enhancement of cell attachment by fibronectin
• Histological and microradiographic appearances of Silicon Nitride and Aluminum Oxide in a rabbit femur implantation model
• Biocompatibility of Silicon Nitride Ceramic In Vitro. A Comparative Fluorescence-microscopic and Scanning Electron Microscopic Study
• Silicon and Bone Health
• Silicates and Bone Fusion
• Bone growth around silicon nitride implants - An evaluation by scanning electron microscopy
• Bone Ingrowth into Porous Silicon Nitride
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Research Shows Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Exhibits Antibacterial Properties, Superior Bone Growth and More Effective Bone Attachment Compared to Other Biomaterials, and May Lead to Faster Fusion
• Anti-bacterial and Osteointegration Properties of Silicon Nitride, Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone, and Titanium Implants
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• Porous Silicon Nitride Ceramics Designed for Bone Substitute Applications
• In Vivo Bone Formation and Bacterial Infection Between Silicon Nitride Ceramic, PEEK, and Titanium
• Retrospective Radiographic Review of PEEK and Silicon Nitride Spinal Implants the Same Patient
• Surface modulation of silicon nitride ceramics for orthopaedic applications
• Human osteoblasts grow transitional Si/N apatite in quickly osteointegrated Si3N4 cervical insert
• Surface topography of silicon nitride affects antimicrobial and osseointegrative properties of tibial implants in a murine model
• 3D-Additive Deposition of an Antibacterial and Osteogenic Silicon Nitride Coating on Orthopaedic Titanium Substrate
• Infection risk for primary and revision instrumented lumbar spine fusion in the Medicare population
• Specific and nonspecific interaction forces between Escherichia coli and silicon nitride, determined by poisson statistical analysis
• The diagnosis and management of infection following instrumented spinal fusion
• Towards establishing broad-spectrum disease resistance in plants: silicon leads the way
• Enhanced proliferation and osteocalcin production by human osteoblast-like MG63 cells on silicon nitride ceramic discs
• A correlation between the virulence and the adhesion of Listeria monocytogenes to silicon nitride: an atomic force microscopy study
• Silicon Nitride Ceramics: The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Research Shows Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Exhibits Antibacterial Properties, Superior Bone Growth and More Effective Bone Attachment Compared to Other Biomaterials, and May Lead to Faster Fusion
• Infections in Spinal Instrumentation
• Anti-bacterial and Osteointegration Properties of Silicon Nitride, Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone, and Titanium Implants
• Orthopedic Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics
• Decreased bacteria activity on Si3N4 surfaces compared to PEEK or titanium
• In Vivo Bone Formation and Bacterial Infection Between Silicon Nitride Ceramic, PEEK, and Titanium
• Silicon Nitride Bioceramics Induce Chemically Driven Lysis in Porphyromonas gingivalis
• Surface topography of silicon nitride affects antimicrobial and osseointegrative properties of tibial implants in a murine model
• 3D-Additive Deposition of an Antibacterial and Osteogenic Silicon Nitride Coating on Orthopaedic Titanium Substrate

Case Studies

• Clinical Report: Management of Two Patients Using a Novel Ceramic Implant
• Clinical Perspective: Laminectomy, Decompression and Fusion with Facet Bolts
• A Surgeon's Perspective: Laminectomy with Facet Fusion
• Clinical Perspective: Decompression and Fusion with the Valeo TL Transforaminal Interbody Fusion Device
• Treatment of Adjacent Level Disease Using Ceramic Silicon Nitride Implants in a Heavy Smoking, Morbidly Obese Patient
• Multi-level Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Ceramic Silicon Nitride & Allograft Bone in a Single Patient
• Multi-level Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Ceramic Silicon Nitride
• Two-level ACDF Using Silicon Nitride Implants in a Case of Severe Neck and Arm Pain
• Two-level ACDF Using Silicon Nitride Implants in a Case of Quickly Progressing Loss of Deltoid Strength
• Single-level ACDF Using Silicon Nitride Interbody
• Retrospective Radiographic Review of PEEK and Silicon Nitride Spinal Implants in the Same Patient
• Radiographic Follow-up of Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion with Silicon Nitride Spacers: A Case Report of Two Patients

Research Literature

• Biomaterial Comparison Overview
• Technology Update: Stiffness and Imaging Characteristics
• SINTX Scientific Publication Portfolio
• Mechanical Properties and Osseointegration of a Load Bearing Bioactive Bone Graft
• Biocompatibility features of silicon nitride ceramics and possible application for osteosynthesis systems
• Reduced Bacteria Colonization and Increased Bone Formation on Si3N4 Spinal Implants: An Evaluation of Bacterial Colonization on Existing Implant Materials
• Increased Bone Attachment to Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Materials Used in Interbody Fusion Cages (IBF) Compared to Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Titanium (Ti) Materials – An In vivo Study
• Decreased Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Function Associated with Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Materials used in Interbody Fusion Cages (IBF) Compared to Titanium and Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
• Just the Facts - Silicon Nitride