Disc replacement adjacent to cervical fusion: A biomechanical comparison of hybrid construct versus two-level fusion

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1932-1939

  Lee, Michael J ^a   Dumonski, Mark ^b   Phillips, Frank M ^b   Voronov, Leonard I ^c,d   Renner, Susan M ^c   Carandang, Gerard ^c   Havey, Robert M ^c,d   Patwardhan, Avinash G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adjacent level; cervical; hybrid construct; PCM; total disc arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE FUSION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TOTAL CERVICAL DISK REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80054933630     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181fc1aff     Document Type: Article

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