Autograft versus interbody fusion cage without plate fixation in the cervical spine: A randomized clinical study using radiostereometry

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1251-1256

  Lind, Bengt I ^a   Zoega, Björn ^b   Rosén, Hans ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cage; Cervical discectomy; Fusion; Radiostereometry; Randomization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERBODY FUSION CAGE WITHOUT PLATE FIXATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOSTEREOMETRY; RANK SUM TEST; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL FIXATION DEVICES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148949704     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0337-7     Document Type: Article

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