An outcomes analysis of the treatment of cervical pseudarthrosis with posterior fusion

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2424-2429

  Kuhns, Craig A ^a,d   Geek, Matthew J ^b   Wang, Jeffrey C ^a   Delamarter, Rick B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SpineAustin   (United States)

^c SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Foraminotomy; Outcome measures; Posterior fusion; Pseudarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES 2; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE OUTCOMES QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644476655     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000184314.26543.7d     Document Type: Review

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