Anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) versus anterior cervical fusion (ACF), clinical and radiological outcome study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1089-1092

  Abd Alrahman, N ^a   Dokmak, A S ^a   Abou Madawi, A ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical disc disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISCITIS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032698730     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050487     Document Type: Article

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