Use of cervical collar after single-level anterior cervical fusion with plate: Is it necessary?

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Campbell, Mitchell J ^a   Carreon, Leah Y ^a   Traynelis, Vincent ^b   Anderson, Paul A ^c  

^a NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical collar; Cervical orthoses; Clinical outcomes; Instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BRACES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61749083475     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318191895d     Document Type: Article

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