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Corpectomy versus discectomy for the treatment of multilevel cervical spine pathology: a finite element model analysis
The Spine Journal, 06/15/2012
Hussain M et al. – Although the chances of pseudarthrosis have been shown to be lower after multilevel cervical corpectomy versus discectomy, because of fewer bone–graft interfaces required for healing, this benefit should be weighed against the higher bone–screw stresses, operating time, blood loss, and costs associated with corpectomy.
