Treatment of traumatic cervical spine instability with interbody fusion cages: A prospective controlled study with a 2-year follow-up

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages S27-S35

  Kandziora, Frank ^a   Pflugmacher, Robert ^a   Scholz, Matti ^a   Schnake, Klaus ^a   Putzier, Michael ^a   Khodadadyan Klostermann, Cyrus ^a   Haas, Norbert P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Cages; Cervical spine; Instability; Outcome; Results; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE INSTABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE DISEASE; TIME; BONE PLATE; DONOR SITE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEIGHT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT MOBILITY; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244452754     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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