Integrated outcome assessment after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: myelocompression but not adjacent instability affect patient-reported quality of life and cervical spine symptoms.

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Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on November 15, 2004

Authors

Heino Kienapfel1, Michael Koller, David Hinder, Christian Georg, Michael Pfeiffer, K J Klose, Wilfried Lorenz, Peter Griss

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Germany. heino.kienapfel@vivantes.de

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