Anterior cervical fusion using dense cancellous allografts and dynamic plating

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1405-1412

  Balabhadra, Raju S V ^a   Kim, Daniel H ^a   Zhang, Ho Yeol ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^b   Traynelis, Vincent C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Edwards Building ^*

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Cancellous allograft spacer; Plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CANCELLOUS BONE; CERVICAL SPINE ANTERIOR FUSION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TRABECULAR BONE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 2542515479     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000125543.38952.87     Document Type: Article

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