Mesh cage reconstruction with autologous cancellous graft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 328-332

  Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Rawlins, Bernard A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; bone graft morbidity; iliac crest bone grafting

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954654215     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181aed73c     Document Type: Article

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