Kyphotic malalignment after anterior cervical fusion is one of the factors promoting the degenerative process in adjacent intervertebral levels

European Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 320-324

  Katsuura, A ^a   Hukuda, S ^a   Saruhashi, Y ^a   Mori, K ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjacent disc degeneration; Anterior fusion; Cervical alignment; Cervical spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034886558     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000243     Document Type: Article

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