The biomechanical effects of cervical multilevel oblique corpectomy

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1420-1427

  Çagli, Sedat ^a,b   Chamberlain, Robert H ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Crawford, Neil R ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior plate; Biomechanics; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Kinematics; Multilevel corpectomy; Oblique corpectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; CERVICAL MULTILEVEL OBLIQUE CORPECTOMY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CORPECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION;

EID: 3042770437     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000129896.80044.B6     Document Type: Article

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