Anterior discectomy and fusion for the management of neck pain

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2224-2228

  Palit, Mark ^a,b   Schofferman, Jerome ^a   Goldthwaite, Noel ^a   Reynolds, James ^a   Kerner, Mark ^a   Keaney, Diane ^a   Lawrence Miyasaki, Lisa ^a  

^a San Francisco Spine Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical discectomy; Cervical fusion; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0032754355     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199911010-00009     Document Type: Article

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