Single stage anterior cervical reconstruction with titanium mesh cages, local bone graft, and anterior plating

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Thalgott, John S ^a   Xiongsheng, Chen ^b   Giuffre, James M ^a  

^a International Spinal Development and Research Foundation   (United States)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical corpectomy; Local bone graft; Titanium mesh cages

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642310712     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00588-0     Document Type: Article

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