Artificial disc replacement combined with fusion versus two-level fusion in cervical two-level disc disease

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1153-1159

  Shin, Dong Ah ^a   Yi, Seong ^b   Yoon, Do Heum ^b   Kim, Keung Nyun ^b   Shin, Hyun Cheol ^c,d  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Cervical spine; Fusion; Intervertebral disc disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650294295     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819c9d39     Document Type: Article

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