Complications and long-term follow-up results in titanium mesh cage reconstruction after cervical corpectomy

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 353-357

  Nakase, Hiroyuki ^a   Park, Young Su ^a   Kimura, Hajime ^a   Sakaki, Toshisuke ^a   Morimoto, Tetsuya ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical corpectomy; Complication; Titanium mesh cages

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SPINE INJURY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM;

EID: 33747843016     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000210113.09521.aa     Document Type: Article

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