Ventral discectomy with PMMA interbody fusion for cervical disc disease: Long-term results in 249 patients

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-255

  Hamburger, Christoph ^a   Festenberg, Felix V ^b   Uhl, Eberhard ^b  

^a Herz und Neuro Zentrum Bodensee   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical disc disease; Long term outcome; PMMA; Radiculopathy; Ventral discectomy

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035252088     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200102010-00009     Document Type: Article

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