Prospective randomized study of cervical arthroplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with long-term follow-up: Results in 74 patients from a single site - Presented at the 2012 Joint Spine Section Meeting. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-42

  Coric, Domagoj ^a,b   Kim, Paul K ^a   Clemente, Jonathan D ^c   Boltes, Margaret O ^a   Nussbaum, Marcy ^d   James, Sara ^a  

^a CAROLINA NEUROSURGERY AND SPINE ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Charlotte Radiology PA   (United States)

^d LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Bryan disc; Cervical arthroplasty; Cervical artificial disc; Kineflex|C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHROPLASTY; CERVICAL LAMINOFORAMINOTOMY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872200334     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.SPINE12555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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