Results of the biocompatible osteoconductive polymer (BOP) as an intersomatic graft in anterior cervical surgery

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 126-133

  Ibanez J ^a   Carreno A ^a   Garcia Amorena C ^a   Caral, J ^a   Gaston F ^a   Ferrer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Biopolymer; Bone graft substitutes; BOP

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE GRAFT; BONE GROWTH; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CATTLE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031911902     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050073     Document Type: Article

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