Does stopping at C7 in long posterior cervical fusion accelerate the symptomatic breakdown of cervicothoracic junction?

Dong-Ho Lee; Jae Hwan Cho; Jin Il Jung; Jong-Min Baik; Deuk Soo Jun; Chang Ju Hwang; Choon Sung Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217792

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Does stopping at C7 in long posterior cervical fusion accelerate the symptomatic breakdown of cervicothoracic junction?

Dong-Ho Lee ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dong-Ho Lee, Jae Hwan Cho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jae Hwan Cho ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dong-Ho Lee, Jae Hwan Cho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jin Il Jung,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jong-Min Baik ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bbaik@hanmail.net

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gil Medical Center College of Medicine, University of Gachon, Incheon, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-2449

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Deuk Soo Jun,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gil Medical Center College of Medicine, University of Gachon, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Chang Ju Hwang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Choon Sung Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Does stopping at C7 in long posterior cervical fusion accelerate the symptomatic breakdown of cervicothoracic junction?

Dong-Ho Lee,
Jae Hwan Cho,
Jin Il Jung,
Jong-Min Baik,
Deuk Soo Jun,
Chang Ju Hwang,
Choon Sung Lee

Published: May 31, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217792

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