Fusion and failure following anterior cervical plating with dynamic or rigid plates: 6-Months results of a multi-centric, prospective, randomized, controlled study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1689-1694

  Stulik, Jan ^a   Pitzen, Tobias Rainer ^b   Chrobok, Jan ^c   Ruffing, Sabine ^d   Drumm, Jörg ^b   Sova, Laurentius ^e   Kucera, Ravel ^c   Vyskocil, Tomas ^a   Steudel, Wolf Ingo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^d Abteilung für Radiologie   (Germany)

^e Neurosurgical Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior plates; Cervical Spine; Implant; Randomized controlled study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 35348827329     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0451-6     Document Type: Article

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