Kinematics of cervical spine discectomy with and without bone grafting: Quantitative evaluation of late fusion in a sheep model

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-147

  Lee, E Jian ^a   Hung, Yu Chang ^a   Lee, Ming Yang ^a   Yan, Jing Jou ^a   Lee, Yei Tae ^a   Chang, Jia Hao ^a   Chang, Guan Liang ^a   Chung, Kao Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone grafting; Cervical discectomy; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT MOBILITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SHEEP; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHEEP; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032936458     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00085     Document Type: Article

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