Comparison of fusion with cage alone and plate instrumentation in two-level cervical degenerative disease

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-346

  Joo, Yong Hun ^a   Lee, Jong Won ^a   Kwon, Ki Young ^a   Rhee, Jong Joo ^a   Lee, Hyun Koo ^a  

^a Cheongju St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acdf with cage alone acdf with plate fixation fusion rate subsidence adjacent level degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PLATE FIXATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 78549288541     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2010.48.4.342     Document Type: Article

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