Factors affecting sagittal malalignment due to cage subsidence in standalone cage assisted anterior cervical fusion

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1395-1400

  Barsa, Pavel ^a   Suchomel, Petr ^a  

^a Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae surgery; Equipment failure analysis; Postoperative complications; Spinal fusion; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548567933     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0284-8     Document Type: Article

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