Settling of fibula strut grafts following multilevel anterior cervical corpectomy: A radiographic evaluation

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1911-1915

  Hughes, Steven S ^a   Pringle, Timothy ^b   Phillips, Frank ^c   Emery, Sanford ^d,e  

^a Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

^b Grant/Riverside Medical Care Foundation Inc   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Corpectomy; Fibula strut grafting

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CERVICAL CORPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748048510     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000228776.74770.eb     Document Type: Article

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