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Radiologic long-term results after cervical vertebral interbody fusion with Polymethyl Methacrylat (PMMA)

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Long-term results of cervical interbody fusion with PMMA were evaluated in a retrospective study. X-ray films of 83 patients were obtainable. Post-operative follow-up in this series was between 15 and 20 years. The results show that PMMA is engrafted after about 2 years. Stable vertebral interbody fusion is obtained in about 90% of cases. Development of malignoma was not observed. Resorptive bone alterations, which can be seen in about 2% of cases one to two years after operation are shown not to be progressive. This process heals and stable fusion develops.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, West Germany

    Dieter-Karsten Böker, Rolf Schultheiß & Eva Maria Probst

  2. Neurochirurg. Universitäts-Klinik, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, D-5300, Bonn 1, West Germany

    Dieter-Karsten Böker

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Böker, DK., Schultheiß, R. & Probst, E.M. Radiologic long-term results after cervical vertebral interbody fusion with Polymethyl Methacrylat (PMMA). Neurosurg. Rev. 12, 217–221 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01743989

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