Biomechanical analysis of the range of motion after placement of a two-level cervical ProDisc-C versus hybrid construct

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1769-1776

  Cho, Bo Young ^a   Lim, Jesse ^b   Sim, Hong Bo ^c   Park, Jon ^b  

^a Nanoori Gangnam Hospital   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2 level operation; adjacent segment degeneration; anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; biomechanical testing; cervical arthroplasty; cervical spine; range of motion

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE;

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77956404266     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c225fa     Document Type: Article

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