Influence of an artificial cervical joint compared with fusion on adjacent-level motion in the treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 17-21

  Wigfield, Crispin ^a   Gill, Steven ^a   Nelson, Richard ^a   Langdon, Ilana ^a   Metcalf, Newton ^a   Robertson, James ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial joint; Cervical spondylosis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036121223     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2002.96.1.0017     Document Type: Article

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