Titanium mesh cages (TMC) in spine surgery

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-221

  Grob, Dieter ^a   Daehn, Sylvia ^a   Mannion, Anne F ^a,b  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior column support; Kyphotic deformity; Lamina replacement; Spinal surgery; Titanium mesh cages

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; METAL IMPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; TITANIUM MESH CAGE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL DISEASES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL MESH; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17744378742     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0748-7     Document Type: Review

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