Use of carbon fiber cages for treatment of cervical myeloradiculopathies

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-226

  Tancredi, Angelo ^a   Agrillo, Antonino ^b,c   Delfini, Roberto ^b   Fiume, Dario ^a   Frati, Alessandro ^b   Rinaldi, Alessandro ^a  

^a San Filippo Neri Hospital   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Bone fusion; Carbon fiber cages; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBER; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342302830     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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