Anterior cervical fusion with the PCB™ cage-plate system

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Aydin, M Volkan ^a   Sen, Orhan ^a   Erdogan, Bulent ^a   Sener, Levent ^a   Caner, Hakan ^a   Altinors, Nur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical disc disease; Interbody fusion; Plate implantation systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISKECTOMY; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERBODY BONE GRAFT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSTEOPHYTE; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 2442420805     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850262     Document Type: Article

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