Posterior instrumentation of the cervical spine with a versatile modular fixation system

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 50-58

  Stoffel, M ^a,b,c   Behr, M ^b   Ringel, F ^a,b   Stuer, C ^a,b   Meyer, B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Modular screw rod system; Posterior instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL INJURIES; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447643237     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-980171     Document Type: Article

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