Radiological analysis of 37 segments in cervical spine implanted with a peek stand-alone device, with at least one year follow-up

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 633-640

  Dufour, Thierry ^a   Huppert, Jean ^b   Louis, Christian ^c   Beaurain, Jacques ^d   Stecken, Jean ^a   Aubourg, Lucie ^e   Vila, Thierry ^e  

^a University Hospital   (France)

^b Clinique du Parc   (France)

^c Clinique la Casamance   (France)

^d DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e LDR Medical   (France)

Author keywords

ACDF (Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion); cervical spine; PEEK; Stand alone cage; subsidence

Indexed keywords

POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STAND ALONE CAGE TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449298751     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688691003793029     Document Type: Article

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