Agreement between surgeons and an independent panel with respect to surgical site fusion after single-level anterior cervical spine surgery: A prospective, multicenter study

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Skolasky, Richard L ^a   Maggard, Anica M ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^b   Northrup, Bruce E ^b   Ullrich, Christopher G ^c   Albert, Todd J ^b   Coe, Jeffrey D ^d   Riley III, Lee H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Spinal Deformity and Injury   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical decompression and fusion; Cervical spine; Fusion; Intraclass correlation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 33745726006     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000224503.31608.f9     Document Type: Article

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