Enhancement of Stability Following Anterior Cervical Corpectomy: A Biomechanical Study

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 845-849

  Singh, Kern ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Kim, Jesse ^a   Lorenz, Eric P ^a   Lim, Tae Hong ^a   An, Howard S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Cadaveric; Cervical; Interbody; Segmental; Strut graft

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; EYE TRACKING; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 1842682780     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200404150-00005     Document Type: Article

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