Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: Comparison of titanium and polyetheretherketone cages

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cabraja, Mario ^a   Oezdemir, Soner ^a   Koeppen, Daniel ^a   Kroppenstedt, Stefan ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHERETHERKETONE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARM PAIN; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISABILITY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OSSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TITANIUM CAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; KETONES; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866167994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-172     Document Type: Article

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