Cage subsidence does not, but cervical lordosis improvement does affect the long-term results of anterior cervical fusion with stand-alone cage for degenerative cervical disc disease: A retrospective study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1374-1382

  Wu, Wen Jian ^a   Jiang, Lei Sheng ^a   Liang, Yu ^a   Dai, Li Yang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Cervical alignment; Cervical spine; Complication; Stand alone cage; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CAGE SUBSIDENCE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LONG TERM CARE; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAND ALONE CAGE; VERTEBRA BODY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865014646     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-2131-9     Document Type: Review

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