Symptomatic adjacent segment disease after cervical total disc replacement: Re-examining the clinical and radiological evidence with established criteria

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-12

  Nunley, Pierce D ^a   Jawahar, Ajay ^a   Cavanaugh, David A ^a   Gordon, Charles R ^b   Kerr III, Eubulus J ^a   Utter, Phillip Andrew ^a  

^a Spine Institute of Louisiana   (United States)

^b Texas Spine and Joint Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment disease; Cervical spine; Total disc replacement

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE PROSTHESIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SMOKING HABIT; SPINE DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84873409072     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.11.032     Document Type: Article

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