STP1431SpinalImplants:AreWeEvaluatingThemAppropriately?M.N.Melkerson,M.S.;S.L.Griffith,Ph.D.;andJ.S.Kirkpatrick,M.D.,editorsASTMStockNumber:STP1431mlASTMInternational100BarrHarborDrivePOBoxC700WestConshohocken,PA19428-2959PrintedintheU.S.A.ForewordTheSymposiumonSpinalImplants:AreWeEvaluatingThemAppropriately?washeldinDallas,Texason6-7November2001.ASTMInternationalCommitteeF04onMedicalandSurgicalMaterialsandDeviceswasitssponsor.Symposiumchairmenandco-editorsofthispublicationwereMarkN.Melkerson,M.S.;JohnS.Kirkpatrick,M.D.;andStevenL.Griffith,Ph.D.iiiLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataSymposiumonSpinalImplants,AreWeEvaluatingThemAppropriately?(2001:Dallas,Tex.)Spinalimplants:areweevaluatingthemappropriately?/M.N.Melkerson,S.L.Griffith,andJ.S.Kirkpatrick,editors.p.;cm.--(STP;1431)SymposiumonSpinalImplants,AreWeEvaluatingThemAppropriately?washeldinDallas,Texason6-7November2001.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-8031-3463-0SpinalImplants:AreWeEvaluatingThemAppropriately?"ASTMStockNumber:.STP1431."1.Spinalimplants--Testing--Congresses.I.Melkerson,M.N.(MarkN.)1961-II.Griffith,StevenL.,1960-111.Kirkpatrick,J.S.(JohnS.)1958-1V.Title.V.ASTMspecialtechnicalpublication;1431.[DNLM:1.Spine---surgery~ongresses.2.DeviceApproval~ngresses.3.Implants.Experimental---Congresses.4.ProsthesisDesign--Congresses.WE725S9869s2003]RD768.$8472003617.5'6059--dc212003049605Copyright�92003ASTMIntemational,WestConshohocken,PA.Allrightsreserved.Thismaterialmaynotbereproducedorcopied,inwholeorinpart,inanyprinted,mechanical,electronic,film,orotherdistributionandstoragemedia,withoutthewrittenconsentofthepublisher.PhotocopyRightsAuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuse,ortheinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuseofspecificclients,isgrantedbyASTMInternational(ASTM)providedthattheappropriatefeeispaidtotheCopyrightClearanceCenter,222RosewoodDrive,Danvers,MA01923;Tel:978-750-8400;online:http://www.copyright.com/.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpubli...
