Clinical and radiologic analysis of 3-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with interbody cages without plate fixation

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-194

  Dogan, Seref ^a   Turkkan, Alper ^a   Kocaeli, Hasan ^a   Korfali, Ender ^a   Bekar, Ahmet ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3 level; Cage; Cervical spine; Discectomy; Interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LORDOSIS; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650077114     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e3181820a58     Document Type: Article

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