Radiologic Stability of Titanium Mesh Cages for Anterior Spinal Reconstruction Following Thoracolumbar Corpectomy

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-52

  Robertson, Peter A ^a   Rawlinson, Helen J ^a   Hadlow, Alastair T ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Mesh cages; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINE CANCER; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ACUTE DISEASE; FRACTURE; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEOPLASM; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; RIB FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL MESH; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TITANIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1042277984     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200402000-00010     Document Type: Article

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