Use of a bioabsorbable anterior cervical plate in the treatment of cervical degenerative and traumatic disk disruption

Orthopedics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Venger, Benjamin H ^a   Kelleher, Peter M ^a   Singh, Kush ^a   Carrino, John A ^a   Albert, Todd ^a   Hilibrand, Alan ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036803037     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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