Use of patella allograft for anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 392-398

  Jensen, Wade K ^a   Moore, Timothy A ^b   Tribus, Cliff B ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^a   Zdeblick, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACDF; Anterior cervical decompression and fusion; Dynamic plate; Patella allograft; Static plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA ALLOGRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849099575     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181844d8e     Document Type: Article

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