The advantages of cervical disc replacement for the treatment of degenerative disc disease

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-239

  McAfee, Paul C ^a,b  

^a St Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^b Scoliosis and Spine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent level disease; Cervical arthroplasty; Cervical disc replacement; Multilevel cervical arthroplasty; Porous ingrowth

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE PLATE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CERVICAL ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISSECTION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646920124     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000223531.42148.c6     Document Type: Review

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