Cervical spine disc prosthesis: Radiographic, biomechanical and morphological post mortal findings 12 weeks after implantation. A retrieval example

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1015-1020

  Pitzen, Tobias ^a   Kettler, Annette ^b   Drumm, Joerg ^a   Nabhan, Abdullah ^a   Steudel, Wolf Ingo ^a   Claes, Lutz ^b   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Case report; Disc replacement; Implants; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEATH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34447332539     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0312-3     Document Type: Article

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