Segmental malalignment with the Bryan Cervical Disc prosthesis-does it occur?

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Sears, William R ^a,e,g   Sekhon, Lali H ^b,f   Duggal, Neil ^c   Williamson, Owen D ^d  

^a Royal North Shore and North Shore Private Hospitals   (Australia)

^b SpineNevada   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Medtronic Sofamor Danek   (United States)

^f Stryker Orthopaedics   (United States)

^g Sydney NeuroSpine Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bryan Cervical Disc prosthesis; Cervical lordosis; Postoperative kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRYAN CERVICAL DISC PROSTHESIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; POLYURETHANES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846890825     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211262.13250.f8     Document Type: Article

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