To graft or not to graft: Rationalizing choice in anterior cervical discectomy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-154

  White, B D ^a   Fitzgerald, J J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Fusion; Ungrafted

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DONOR SITE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24644466099     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500145605     Document Type: Review

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