Is cervical disc arthroplasty superior to fusion for treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease? A meta-analysis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1904-1919

  Yin, Si ^a   Yu, Xiao ^a   Zhou, Shuangli ^a   Yin, Zhanhai ^a   Qiu, Yusheng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879290248     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2830-0     Document Type: Review

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