Is anterior cervical fusion with a porous tantalum implant a cost-effective method to treat cervical disc disease with radiculopathy?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1734-1741

  Fernández Fairen, Mariano ^a   Murcia, Antonio ^b   Torres, Ana ^c   Hernández Vaquero, Daniel ^d   Menzie, Ann M ^e  

^a Instituto de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología de Barcelona   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SANTA LUCÍA   (Spain)

^d Hospital de San Agustin   (Spain)

^e Zimmer Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cervical discectomy; cost effectiveness analysis; fusion; tantalum

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL IMPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TANTALUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866535903     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318255a184     Document Type: Article

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