Effect of retropharyngeal steroid on prevertebral soft tissue swelling following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A prospective, randomized study

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 2286-2292

  Lee, Sang Hun ^a   Kim, Ki Tack ^a   Suk, Kyung Soo ^a   Park, Kyoung Jun ^a   Oh, Kyung Il ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; prevertebral soft tissue swelling; retropharyngeal steroid

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM; TRIAMCINOLONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLLAGEN SPONGE; STEROID;

ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; ODYNOPHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVERTEBRAL SOFT TISSUE SWELLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL STEROID THERAPY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY; SWELLING; VERTEBRA BODY; ADULT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DISCECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPINE DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 85047687764     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318237e5d0     Document Type: Article

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