"Normal" prevertebral soft tissue swelling following elective anterior cervical decompression and fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 399-401

  Sanfilippo, James A ^a,c   Lim, Moe R ^b   Jacoby, Sidney M ^a   Laterra, Robert ^a   Harrop, James S ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elective anterior cervical decompression and fusion; Post operative course; Prevertebral soft tissue swelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVERTEBRAL SOFT TISSUE SWELLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EDEMA; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33746878190     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200608000-00004     Document Type: Article

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