Outcome of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion as perceived by patients treated for dominant axial-mechanical cervical spine pain

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1887-1894

  Garvey, Timothy A ^a,b   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a   Malcolm, James R ^a   Kos, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Discectomy; Discogenic; Fusion; Neck pain; Patient outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NECK INJURIES; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0036712801     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200209010-00015     Document Type: Article

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