Adjacent level ossification development after anterior cervical fusion without plate fixation

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Yang, Jun Young ^a   Song, Ho Sup ^a   Lee, Michael ^b   Bohlman, Henry H ^b   Riew, K Daniel ^c  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent level ossification development (ALOD); Cervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OSSIFICATION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61749103929     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318190d833     Document Type: Article

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