Patient Selection for Cervical Disc Arthroplasty

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Brown, Christopher R ^a   Heller, John G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; cervical; disc replacement; indications

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DEFORMITY; DEGENERATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT INSTABILITY; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33744794000     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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