Prospective assessment of cervical fusion status: Plain radiographs versus CT-scan

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 342-346

  Ploumis, Avraam ^a   Mehbod, Amir ^a   Garvey, Timothy ^a   Gilbert, Thomas ^b   Transfeldt, Ensor ^a   Wood, Kirkham ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b Center For Diagnostic Imaging Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; CT scan; Fusion; Fusion status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745985414     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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