Prevertebral soft tissue swelling after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plate fixation

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-294

  Suk, K S ^a   Kim, K T ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Park, S W ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BONE PLATES; DISKECTOMY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 33746437489     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-005-0072-9     Document Type: Article

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