The Anterior Surgical Approach to the Cervical Spine for Intervertebral Disc Disease

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1144-1149

  Russell, Stephen M ^a   Benjamin, Vallo ^a,b   Benzel, Edward C ^c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Disc herniation; Microsurgical anatomy; Operative technique; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AUTOGRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342570902     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000119756.07901.E1     Document Type: Review

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3. Robinson RA, Smith GW: Anterolateral cervical disc removal and interbody fusion for cervical disc syndrome. Bull John Hopkins Hosp 96:223-224, 1955.