Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the ovine model

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 32, 2009, Pages

  Goldschlager, Tony ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a   Young, Ian R ^a   Jenkin, Graham ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Biologics; Interbody cage; Interbody fusion; Issue 32; Medicine; Spine fusion; Spine instrumentation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055112655     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1548     Document Type: Article

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