4- And 5-level anterior fusions of the cervical spine: Review of literature and clinical results

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2055-2071

  Koller, Heiko ^a,c   Hempfing, Axel ^a   Ferraris, Luis ^a   Maier, Oliver ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^b   Metz Stavenhagen, Peter ^a  

^a German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c KATHARINENHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fusion; Instrumentation; Multilevel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37449029967     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0398-7     Document Type: Review

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