Static versus dynamic plating for multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-193

  DuBois, Christian M ^a   Bolt, Patrick M ^b   Todd, Andrew G ^b   Gupta, Purnendu ^b   Wetzel, F Todd ^c   Phillips, Frank M ^d  

^a St Croix Orthopaedics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Dynamic plating; Multilevel ACDF; Static plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847091288     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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