Autologous versus allogenic bone grafts in instrumented anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A prospective study with respect to bone union pattern

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 510-515

  Suchomel, Petr ^a   Barsa, Pavel ^a   Buchvald, Pavel ^a   Svobodnik, Adam ^b   Vanickova, Eva ^a  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allogenic bone graft; Anterior cervical spine fusion; Autologous bone graft; Cigarette smoking; Internal fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; INSTRUMENTED ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE DISCECTOMY; INSTRUMENTED ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE FUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMITH ROBINSON TECHNIQUE; SMOKING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY COLLAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SPINAL FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 8344221335     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0667-z     Document Type: Article

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