Image-guided anterior cervical corpectomy: A feasibility study

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 826-830

  Albert, Todd J ^a   Klein, Gregg R ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior cervical decompression; Cervical spine; Corpectomy; Image guided surgery; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033561455     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199904150-00017     Document Type: Article

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