Is pathology examination of disc specimens necessary after routine anterior cervical discectomy and fusion?

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2156-2159

  Daftari, Tapan K ^a   Levine, James ^b   Fischgrund, Jeffrey S ^c   Herkowitz, Harry N ^c,d  

^a Georgia Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical disc; cervical fusion; histology; pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0029782227     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199609150-00019     Document Type: Article

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