A prospective randomized comparison of coralline hydroxyapatite with autograft in cervical interbody fusion

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-323

  McConnell, Jeffrey R ^a   Freeman, Brian J C ^a   Debnath, Ujjwal K ^a   Grevitt, Michael P ^a   Prince, Heather G ^a   Webb, John K ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Hydroxyapatite; Iliac crest graft; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; ROSEOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LORDOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERAMICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYAPATITES; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037442348     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200302150-00002     Document Type: Article

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