Utility of new bioabsorptive screws in cervical anterior fusion

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-268

  Kim, Kyongsong ^a,b   Isu, Toyohiko ^a   Sugawara, Atsushi ^a   Matsumoto, Ryoji ^a   Isobe, Masanori ^a  

^a KUSHIRO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; Bioabsorptive screw; Cervical spine; Extrusion; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548012406     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.11.061     Document Type: Article

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