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The cylindrical threaded interbody cages (BAK; Sulzer Spine-Tech Inc, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Ray TFC; Surgical Dynamics Inc, Concord, California) can be used for anterior or posterior interbody fusion and may be introduced by open or laparoscopic technique.
Each of the ten specimens was tested for flexibility of the intact spine, after stabilization with a pair of the either rectangular (Corin) or cylindrical (BAK) cages and after additional posterior stabilisation with a pair of translaminar facet screws, as described by Montesano and Magerl et al [ 5 ] . Five specimens were tested for each type of implant.
In a biomechanical study on cadaver spine, using BAK cages and translaminar screw, Rathonyi et al [ 17 ] observed very poor rotational stability in specimens with poor endplate contact.
Bak's book explaining this idea is modestly titled How Nature Works . The reaction of his colleagues, as best I can tell, is that the sandpile model is interesting, as is the prevalence of power laws, but that his claims of having developed a universal theory are a bit premature.
But here is what Gore, who made a pilgrimage to see Bak, has to say: