A novel operative approach for the treatment of old distractive flexion injuries of subaxial cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1459-1464

  Liu, Peng ^a   Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Liu, Mingyong ^a   Fan, Weili ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical spine trauma; Posterior cervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COURSE EVALUATION; DISTRACTIVE FLEXION INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749118837     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318175c2fb     Document Type: Article

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