Early failures following cervical corpectomy reconstruction with titanium mesh cages and anterior plating

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1402-1406

  Daubs, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical plating; Cervical; Corpectomy; Failure; Multilevel reconstruction; Titanium mesh cage

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOGRAFT; BONE PLATE; CASE STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM;

EID: 28744448148     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000166526.78058.3c     Document Type: Review

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