Short-term comparison of cervical fusion with static and dynamic plating using computerized motion analysis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Goldberg, Grigory ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a   Wharton, Nicholas ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical Metrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Cervical spine; Cervical spine fusion rates; Computerized quantitative motion analysis; Dynamic cervical plates; Static cervical plates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOMATION; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34249894465     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318060cca9     Document Type: Review

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