Effectiveness of titanium mesh cylindrical cages in anterior column reconstruction after thoracic and lumbar vertebral body resection

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 902-908

  Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,d   Kwon, Brian K ^a   Fisher, Charles G ^a   Eiserloh III, Henry L ^b   Boyd, Michael ^c   Wing, Peter C ^a  

^a VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Southern Orthopaedic Specialists   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior column reconstruction; Cylindrical mesh cages; Spine fusion; Thoracic and lumbar spine; Vertebrectomy

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TITANIUM;

EID: 0037626140     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200305010-00012     Document Type: Article

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