Anterior cervical discectomy plus intervertebral polyetheretherketone cage fusion over three and four levels without plating is safe and effective long-term

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1250-1255

  Pereira, Erlick A C ^a   Chari, Aswin ^a   Hempenstall, Jonathan ^a   Leach, John C D ^b   Chandran, Hari ^c   Cadoux Hudson, Tom A D ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ACDF; Adjacent segment disease; Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Complications; Long term follow up; Multi level; PEEK

Indexed keywords

POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL POLYETHERETHERKETONE CAGE FUSION; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION MYELOPATHY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NECK PAIN; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACDF; ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; COMPLICATIONS; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; MULTI-LEVEL; PEEK;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; KETONES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883134036     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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