Bone grafting, implants, and plating options for anterior cervical fusions

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 317-328

  Anderson, D Greg ^a   Albert, Todd J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; XENOGRAFT;

BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; HUMAN;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0036017648     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(01)00011-6     Document Type: Review

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