Non-fusion rates in anterior cervical discectomy and implantation of empty polyetheretherketone cages

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-20

  Pechlivanis, Ioannis ^a,b   Thuring, Theresa ^c   Brenke, Christopher ^a   Seiz, Marcel ^a   Thome, Claudius ^a   Barth, Martin ^a   Harders, Albrecht ^b   Schmieder, Kirsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; cervical fusion; PEEK

Indexed keywords

POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISKECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYETHERETHERKETONE CAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751571317     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181cbf870     Document Type: Article

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