The significance of hardware failure in anterior cervical plate fixation: Patients with 2- to 7-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Lowery, Gary L ^a   McDonough, Richard F ^a  

^a Research Institute International   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical plate fixation; Complications; Degenerative spinal disorders; Hardware failure; Spinal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032518497     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801150-00006     Document Type: Article

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