Usefulness of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage with plate augmentation for anterior arthrodesis in traumatic cervical spine injury

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-57

  Song, Kyung Jin ^a   Choi, Byung Wan ^b   Kim, Gyu Hyung ^a   Song, Ji Hun ^a  

^a Research Institute of Clinical Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; PEEK cage; Plate augmentation; Traumatic cervical spine injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; POLYETHERETHERKETONE CAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149086149     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.08.458     Document Type: Article

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