Radiographic and scintigraphic courses of union in cervical interbody fusion: Hydroxyapatite grafts versus iliac bone autografts

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1642-1645

  Iseda, T ^a   Nakano, S ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Miyahara, D ^a   Uchinokura, S ^a   Moriyama, T ^a   Sameshima, T ^a   Goya, T ^a   Wakisaka, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Cervical interbody fusion; Hydroxyapatite; Radiolucent stripe

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL FUSION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033770081     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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