PEEK cage cervical ventral fusion in spondylodiscitis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1537-1541

  Mondorf, Yvonne ^a   Gaab, Michael R ^a   Oertel, Joachim M K ^b  

^a Nordstadtkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylodiscitis; Single step procedure; Ventral PEEK cage fusion

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; MEROPENEM; POLYETHERKETONE; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLODISCITIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISKITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL WARD; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISCITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 70449341907     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0486-z     Document Type: Article

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