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Titel:

Posterior Multilevel Instrumentation of the Lower Cervical Spine: Is Bridging the Cervicothoracic Junction Necessary?

Dokumenttyp:
Comparative Study; Journal Article
Autor(en):
Osterhoff, Georg; Ryang, Yu-Mi; von Oelhafen, Judith; Meyer, Bernhard; Ringel, Florian
Abstract:
Multisegmental cervical instrumentations ending at the cervicothoracic junction may lead to significant adjacent segment degeneration. The purpose of this study was to compare the extent of sequential pathologies in the lower adjacent segment between patient groups with a primarily cervical instrumentation ending at C7 versus an instrumentation including the cervicothoracic junction ending at T1 or T2.A retrospective analysis of 98 consecutive patients with multisegmental posterior cervical fusi...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
World Neurosurg
Jahr:
2017
Band / Volume:
103
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
419-423
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.04.029
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427976
Print-ISSN:
1878-8750
TUM Einrichtung:
Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
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