Radiological outcomes of static vs expandable titanium cages after corpectomy: A retrospective cohort analysis of subsidence

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-538

  Lau, Darryl ^a   Song, Yeohan ^a   Guan, Zhe ^a   La Marca, Frank ^a   Park, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Expandable; Footplate; Interbody cage; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORPECTOMY; EXPANDABLE TITANIUM CAGE; FEMALE; FOOTPLATE TO VERTEBRAL BODY ENDPLATE RATIO; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; STATIC TITANIUM CAGE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875819438     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318282a558     Document Type: Article

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