The use of rigid internal fixation in the surgical management of cervical spondylosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kwon, Brian K ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Grauer, Jonathan N ^c   Beiner, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Vancouver General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Anterior cervical plate; Cervical pedicle screws; Dynamic plate; Lateral mass screws; Semiconstrained plate

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATHOLOGY; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 33846128083     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249222.57709.59     Document Type: Review

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