Subsidence after anterior cervical inter-body fusion. A randomized prospective clinical trial

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-214

  Kast, Erich ^a   Derakhshani, Sharam ^b   Bothmann, Matthias ^a   Oberle, Joachim ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Winterthur ^*  (Switzerland)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Outcome; PEEK Cage; Radiology

Indexed keywords

POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERBODY CAGE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849097702     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-008-0168-y     Document Type: Article

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