Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 325-329 , October 2009

Radiologically documented adjacent-segment degeneration after cervical arthroplasty: characteristics and review of cases

  • Seong Yi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
    • ,
  • Dong Yeob Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
    • ,
  • Poong Gee Ahn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
    • ,
  • Keung Nyun Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
    • ,
  • Do Heum Yoon, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea
    • ,
  • Hyun Chul Shin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 110-746, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2001 2160; fax: +82 2 2001 2157.

Received 31 July 2008 ,Accepted 16 February 2009.

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PII: S0090-3019(09)00226-2

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.02.013

Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 325-329 , October 2009

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