Non-union after a two-level anterior cervical decompression and fusion with Surgibone™

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-447

  Seite, Pascal ^a   Otten, Philippe ^a   Kurt, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Bone graft; Bovine bone; Non union; Surgibone

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544344926     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90285-5     Document Type: Article

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