Multilevel cervical fusion and its effect on disc degeneration and osteophyte formation

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 972-978

  Lopez Espina, Carlos G ^a   Amirouche, Farid ^a   Havalad, Vinod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Disc degeneration; Single and double spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLIABILITY; SPONDYLOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33646689097     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000215205.66437.c3     Document Type: Article

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