Efficacy of anterior cervical fusion: Comparison of titanium cages, polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages and autogenous bone grafts

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1240-1245

  Chou, Yu Cheng ^a,b   Chen, Der Cherng ^b   Hsieh, Wanhua Annie ^c   Chen, Wu Fu ^d   Yen, Pao Sheng ^a   Harnod, Tomor ^b   Chiou, Tsung Lang ^b   Chang, Yuh Lin ^b   Su, Chain Fa ^b   Lin, Shinn Zong ^a,b   Chen, Shin Yuan ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Cage; PEEK; Titanium; Tri cortical autogeneous bone graft

Indexed keywords

KETONE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL MESH; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53349167263     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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