Stand-alone interbody cage versus anterior cervical plate for treatment of cervical disc herniation: Sequential changes in cage subsidence

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1017-1022

  Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Neo, Masashi ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cage; Cervical disc herniation; Interbody fusion; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL DISC HERNIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48449104171     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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