Three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: Radiographic and clinical results

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2622-2625

  Emery, Sanford E ^a   Rush, J ^a   Fisher, S ^a   Bohlman, Henry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Cervical disc herniation; Cervical spondylosis; Pseudarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0344222223     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711150-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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