Success of junctional anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 723-728

  Gause, Paul R ^a   Davis, Rick A ^b   Smith, Patrick N ^a   Lee, Joon Y ^a   Kang, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACDF; Anterior cervical arthrodesis; Cervical; Instrumentation; Junctional stenosis; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49849098563     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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