The efficacy of plate construct augmentation versus cage alone in anterior cervical fusion

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 2886-2892

  Song, Kyung Jin ^a   Taghavi, Cyrus E ^b   Lee, Kwang Bok ^c   Song, Ji Hoon ^a   Eun, Jong Pil ^d  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Degenerative cervical radiculopathy; PEEK cage; Plate construct

Indexed keywords

POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BRACE; CAGE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE ANTERIOR FUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249100596     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b64f2c     Document Type: Article

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