Commentary: Reoperation for adjacent level disease in the cervical spine: not a simple end point

Zoher Ghogawala

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2012.05.007

Commentary: Reoperation for adjacent level disease in the cervical spine: not a simple end point

Spine J. 2012 May;12(5):379-80. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.05.007.

Author

Zoher Ghogawala¹

Affiliation

¹ Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 41 Mall Rd, Burlington, MA 01805, USA; Wallace Clinical Trials Center, 5 Perryridge Rd, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 22698150
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.05.007

Abstract

Singh K, Phillips FM, Park DK, et al. Factors affecting reoperations after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion within and outside of a Federal Drug Administration investigational device exemption cervical disc replacement trial. Spine J 2012;12:372-8 (in this issue).

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic / standards*
Diskectomy*
Female
Humans
Male
Reoperation / statistics & numerical data*
Spinal Fusion*
Total Disc Replacement*