Intermediate segment degeneration after noncontiguous anterior cervical fusion

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Bisson, Erica F ^a   Samuelson, Mical M ^a   Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment disease; Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical discectomy; Noncontiguous

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEROMA; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651258160     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0832-1     Document Type: Article

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