Long-term biomechanical stability and clinical improvement after extended multilevel corpectomy and circumferential reconstruction of the cervical spine using titanium mesh cages

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-174

  Acosta Jr , Frank L ^a,b   Aryan, Henry E ^a   Chou, Dean ^a   Ames, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical stability; Cervical spine; Multilevel corpectomy; Spinal fusion; Spinal instrumentation; Titanium mesh cage

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORPECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43149102689     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3180654205     Document Type: Article

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