Complications of multilevel cervical corpectomies and reconstruction with titanium cages and anterior plating

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Hee, Hwan T ^a,b,c   Majd, Mohammad E ^a   Holt, Richard T ^a,b,c   Whitecloud III, Thomas S ^b   Pienkowski, David ^c  

^a Spine Surgery   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical plating; Bony consolidation; Complications; Multilevel cervical corpectomies; Sagittal alignment; Titanium cage

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE GRAFT; IMMOBILIZATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLATE FIXATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

EID: 0037314769     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200302000-00001     Document Type: Article

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