Adjacent segment disease following cervical spine surgery

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  Cho, Samuel K ^a   Riew, K Daniel ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874171001     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-21-01-3     Document Type: Review

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