Comparison of Fusion Rates Based on Graft Material Following Occipitocervical and Atlantoaxial Arthrodesis in Adults and Children | Zendy

Leslie Robinson | Zendy; Richard C. E. Anderson | Zendy; Douglas L. Brockmeyer | Zendy; Michelle Torok | Zendy; Todd C. Hankinson | Zendy

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Comparison of Fusion Rates Based on Graft Material Following Occipitocervical and Atlantoaxial Arthrodesis in Adults and Children

Author(s) -

Leslie Robinson,

Richard C. E. Anderson,

Douglas L. Brockmeyer,

Michelle Torok,

Todd C. Hankinson

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

operative neurosurgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2332-4260

pISSN - 2332-4252

DOI - 10.1093/ons/opy013

Subject(s) - medicine , arthrodesis , diagnosis code , surgery , spinal fusion , population , retrospective cohort study , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology

Fusion rates following rigid internal instrumentation for occipitocervical and atlantoaxial instability approach 100% in many reports. Based on this success and the morbidity that can be associated with obtaining autograft for fusion, surgeons increasingly select alternative graft materials.

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