The efficacy of anterior cervical plating in the management of symptomatic pseudoarthrosis of the cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 860-864

  Tribus, Clifford B ^a,b   Corteen, Darren P ^a   Zdeblick, Thomas A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical instrumentation; Anterior cervical plating; Cervical pseudoarthrosis; Revision anterior cervical surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033135235     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199905010-00005     Document Type: Article

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