Biomechanical comparison of adjacent segmental motion after ventral cervical fixation with varying angles of lordosis

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-221

  Hwang, Soo Hyun ^a   Kayanja, Mark ^b   Milks, Ryan A ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent disc level; Anterior cervical fusion; Biomechanical study; Degeneration; Different interbody spacer heights; Lordosis; Segmental motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LORDOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE;

EID: 33847058149     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.05.018     Document Type: Review

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