Early reconstruction failures after multilevel cervical corpectomy

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-142

  Sasso, Rick C ^a,d   Ruggiero Jr , Robert A ^b   Reilly, Thomas M ^a   Hall, Peter V ^c  

^a INDIANA SPINE GROUP   (United States)

^b Paoli Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Corpectomy; Failure; Fusion; Multilevel; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL CORPECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOSIS; STENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037439134     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200301150-00009     Document Type: Article

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