A comparative analysis of fusion rates and donor-site morbidity for autogeneic rib and iliac crest bone grafts in posterior cervical fusions

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-265

  Sawin, Paul D ^a   Traynelis, Vincent C ^a   Menezes, Arnold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Cervical fusion; Iliac crest; Morbidity; Outcome; Rib

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0031882790     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.2.0255     Document Type: Article

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