The effects of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with stand-alone cages at two contiguous levels on cervical alignment and outcomes

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-565

  Moon, Hong Joo ^a   Kim, Joo Han ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Kwon, Taek Hyun ^a   Chung, Hung Seob ^a   Park, Youn Kwan ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical alignment; Fusion rate; Polyetheretherketone cage; Stand alone cage; Subsidence; Two level ACDF

Indexed keywords

POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 79952534272     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0879-z     Document Type: Article

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