Multilevel oblique corpectomy without fusion: Our experience in 48 patients

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1963-1969

  Rocchi, Giovanni ^a   Caroli, Emanuela ^a   Salvati, Maurizio ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Cervical spondylosis; Multi level oblique corpectomy; Spinal instrumentation; Spinal stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MULTIPLE OBLIQUE CORPECTOMY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744460719     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000176327.04725.1b     Document Type: Article

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