Outcome in Cloward anterior fusion for degenerative cervical spinal disease

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-291

  Heidecke, Volkmar ^a   Rainov, N G ^a   Marx, T ^a   Burkert, W ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autologous bone graft; Cervical spine; Cloward fusion; Intervertebral; Myelopathy; Myeloradiculopathy; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE MALFORMATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; X RAY;

EID: 0034060409     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050037     Document Type: Article

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