Degenerative spondylolisthesis of the cervical spine: analysis of 58 patients treated with anterior cervical decompression and fusion

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Dean, Clayton L ^a   Gabriel, Josue P ^b   Cassinelli, Ezequiel H ^c   Bolesta, Michael J ^d   Bohlman, Henry H ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Cervical; Corpectomy; Instability; Myelopathy; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349211447     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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