Radiographic assessment of cervical subaxial fusion

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Kaiser, Michael G ^a   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^b   Matz, Paul G ^c,l   Anderson, Paul A ^d   Groff, Michael W ^e   Heary, Robert F ^f   Holly, Langston T ^g   Ryken, Timothy C ^h   Choudhri, Tanvir F ⁱ   Vresilovic, Edward J ^j   Resnick, Daniel K ^k  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l Neurosurgery and Neurology LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fusion; Practice guidelines; Radiography; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SUBAXIAL FUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KYPHOSIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MOTION; PSEUDARTHROSIS;

EID: 68249104934     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08719     Document Type: Review

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