Efficacy of posterior cervical fusions utilizing an artificial bone graft expander, beta tricalcium phosphate

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

Artificial Bone Graft Expander; Beta TriCalcium Phosphate; Cervical Laminectomy; Iliac Autograft; Multilevel Instrumented Fusion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; IMPLANT; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CERVICAL LAMINECTOMY; POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE FUSION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RATING SCALE; SPINE FUSION;

EID: 79953011441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.76458     Document Type: Article

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