The cervical spine and its relation to anterior plate-screw fixation: A quantitative study

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-312

  Kantelhardt, Sven R ^a   Oberle, Joachim ^a   Derakhshani, Sharam ^b   Kast, Erich ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Winterthur ^*  (Switzerland)

^b EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior discectomy; Cervical spine; Plate fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944467274     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-005-0386-5     Document Type: Article

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