Adjacent-level degeneration after cervical disc arthroplasty versus fusion

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2011, Pages S403-S407

  Maldonado, Carlos Valencia ^a,b   Paz, Ricardo Díaz Romero ^a   Martin, Claudia Balhen ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL PERPETUO SOCORRO   (Spain)

^c Clinica Lomas Altas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Cervical disc arthroplasty; Degenerative disc disease

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION; ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE FUSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84861672663     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1916-1     Document Type: Article

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