Clinical experience with a new load-sharing anterior cervical plate

International Congress Series

Volumn 1247, Issue C, 2002, Pages 563-579

  Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^a   Dailey, Andrew T ^a   Soleau, Scott ^a   Barbera, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical plate; Cervical vertebra *Surgery; Failed delayed fusion; Pseudoarthrosis *Surgery; Spine fusion *Methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888136338     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(02)01114-7     Document Type: Article

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