Clinical outcomes of multilevel anterior corpectomy and fusion as a revision surgery of the cervical spine: Report of seven cases

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 449-456

  Fushimi, K ^a   Miyamoto, K ^a,c   Nishimoto, H ^b   Hosoe, H ^a   Kodama, H ^a   Shimizu, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Gifu Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Corpectomy; Fusion; Revision surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANTERIOR CORPECTOMY AND FUSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745751556     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101868     Document Type: Article

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