Successful outcome of six-level cervicothoracic corpectomy and circumferential reconstruction: Case report and review of literature on multilevel cervicothoracic corpectomy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages

  Acosta Jr , Frank L ^a   Aryan, Henry E ^a   Ames, Christopher P ^a  

^a UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Corpectomy; Fusion; Internal fixation; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOTHORACIC CORPECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENTATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750601038     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0203-z     Document Type: Review

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