Efficacy and outcomes of dynamic-plated single-level anterior diskectomy/fusion with additional analysis of comparative costs

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Epstein, Nancy ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior Cervical Diskectomy Fusion; Autograft; Dynamic Plates; Fusion Rates; SF 36 Outcomes; Single level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DYNAMIC PLATED SINGLE LEVEL ANTERIOR DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 79953010937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.76146     Document Type: Article

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