Cervical foraminal area and intervertebral height changes after titanium ring cage placement: Preliminary results

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-232

  Colpan, Mustafa Efkan ^a,c   Attar, Ayhan ^b   Sekerci, Zeki ^a   Tuna, Hakan ^b   Egemen, Nihat ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BAK C; Cervical disc herniation; Cervical foramina; Intervertebral height; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 33644499177     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.03.035     Document Type: Article

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