Biomechanical comparison of instrumented and uninstrumented multilevel cervical discectomy versus corpectomy

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1220-1226

  Galler, Robert M ^a,b   Dogan, Seref ^a   Fifield, Mary S ^a   Bozkus, Hakan ^a,c   Chamberlain, Robert H ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PC   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spondylosis; Corpectomy; Discectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LOADING TEST; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATION;

EID: 34248362792     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000270104.95045.24     Document Type: Article

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