Pseudarthrosis of the Cervical Spine: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Management

Cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy are common pathologies that often improve with spinal decompression and fusion. Postoperative complications include pseudarthrosis, which can be challenging to diagnose and manage. We reviewed the literature with regard to risk factors, diagnosis, controversies,...

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Autores principales: Leven, Dante, Cho, Samuel K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4995265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27559462
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2016.10.4.776
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spelling pubmed-49952652016-08-24 Pseudarthrosis of the Cervical Spine: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Management Leven, Dante Cho, Samuel K. Asian Spine J Review Article Cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy are common pathologies that often improve with spinal decompression and fusion. Postoperative complications include pseudarthrosis, which can be challenging to diagnose and manage. We reviewed the literature with regard to risk factors, diagnosis, controversies, and management of cervical pseudarthrosis. Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2016-08 2016-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4995265/ /pubmed/27559462 http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2016.10.4.776 Text en Copyright © 2016 by Korean Society of Spine Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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