Fusion rate: A time-to-event phenomenon

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 47-51

  Tuli, Sagun K ^a   Tuli, Jayshree ^a   Chen, Peng ^a   Woodard, Eric J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Cervical spine; Fusion; Kaplan Meier method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL DECOMPRESSIVE CORPECTOMY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRECTOMY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SPINE DISEASE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042595324     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.1.1.0047     Document Type: Article

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