Does plate construct improve the result of 1- or 2-level anterior cervical fusion?

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-177

  Song, Kyung Jin ^a   Kim, Gyu Hyung ^a   Choi, Byung Wan ^a   Lee, Kwang Bok ^b,c  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Anterior fusion; Autograft; Degenerative cervical disorder; Plate construct

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION;

EID: 67650046391     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e3181820780     Document Type: Article

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