Outcomes after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in professional athletes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-112

  Maroon, Joseph C ^a,b   Bost, Jeffrey W ^a   Petraglia, Anthony L ^c   Lepere, Darren B ^a   Norwig, John ^d   Amann, Christopher ^e   Sampson, Michael ^e   El Kadi, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Team Neurosurgeon   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Pittsburgh Steelers   (United States)

^e World Wrestling Entertainment Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Cervical fusion; Neurapraxia; Professional athletes; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC REHABILITATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTACT SPORT; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGEON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISKECTOMY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880573355     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000429843.68836.91     Document Type: Article

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