Pitfalls of Anterior Cervical Fusion Using Titanium Mesh and Local Autograft

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 513-518

  Kanayama, Masahiro ^a   Hashimoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Shigenobu, Keiichi ^a   Oha, Fumihiro ^a   Ishida, Takashi ^a   Yamane, Shigeru ^a  

^a HAKODATE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Anterior plating; Cage subsidence; Local autograft; Titanium mesh

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AUTOGRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BONE GRAFT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; ILIAC BONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346958350     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200312000-00005     Document Type: Review

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