Peek cage-assisted anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at four levels: Clinical and radiographic results

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Bucciero, A ^a,b   Zorzi, T ^a   Piscopo, G A ^a  

^a Pineta Grande Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurosurgical procedures; Pseudarthrosis; Spinal osteophytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE ROOT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHRODESIS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 47949109724     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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