Early changes in the cervical foraminal area after anterior interbody fusion with polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage containing synthetic bone particulate: A prospective study of 20 cases

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 568-571

  Şekerci, Zeki ^a   Uǧur, Alpaslan ^a   Ergün, Rüçhan ^a,b   Şanli, Metin ^a  

^a Department of Immunology/Rheumatology   (Turkey)

^b Karapinar Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Anterior cervical fusion; Foramina; Interbody cage

Indexed keywords

KETONE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CERVICAL MICRODISKECTOMY; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CERVICAL DISK HERNIATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FORAMINA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERBODY CAGE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LORDOSIS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNTHETIC BONE PARTICULATE;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADICULOPATHY; SILICONES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746480222     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X110382     Document Type: Article

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