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The CASCADE trial: effectiveness of ceramic versus PEEK cages for anterior cervical discectomy with interbody fusion; protocol of a blinded randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Anterior cervical discectomy with interbody fusion cages is considered the standard surgical procedure in patients with cervical disc herniation. However, PEEK or metal cages have some undesirable imaging characteristics, leading to a search for alternative materials not creating artifac...

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Autores principales: Arts, Mark P, Wolfs, Jasper FC, Corbin, Terry P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23947902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-244