Disc height loss after anterior cervical microdiscectomy with titanium intervertebral cage fusion

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 565-570

  Türeyen, Kudret ^a,b   Maciejczak, A ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cage; Cervical discectomy; Cervical fusion; Cervical spine

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CERVICAL MICRODISKECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL CAGE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042831404     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0050-1     Document Type: Article

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