Outcomes of three anterior decompression and fusion techniques in the treatment of three-level cervical spondylosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1539-1544

  Guo, Qunfeng ^a   Bi, Xiaoda ^a   Ni, Bin ^a   Lu, Xuhua ^a   Chen, Jinshui ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Yu, Yang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion; Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Anterior cervical hybrid decompression and fusion; Cervical spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL CORPECTOMY AND FUSION; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ANTERIOR CERVICAL HYBRID DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL PARALYSIS; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855202005     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1735-4     Document Type: Article

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