Authors | Year | Design | N | Preoperative neurological compromise | Surgical stabilisation | Outcome of stabilization |
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Olerud et al. [16] | 1996 | Retrospective case series | 17 | ? | Anterior and posterior stabilisation | ? |
Taggard & Traynelis [23] | 2000 | Prospective case series | 7 | 3 | Posterior | All survivors with solid fusion after 3 months |
Guo et al. [45] | 2004 | Retrospective case series | 11 | 8 | Anterior and posterior | All survivors with fusion at final follow-up |
Cornefjord et al. [21] | 2005 | Retrospective case series | 19 | 8 | Posterior and combined | Fusion in all patients |
Zdichawski et al. [3] | 2005 | Retrospective multicentric case series | 19 | ? | Anterior, posterior, and combined | 3 cases with implant failure (all cases anterior-only) |
Payer [46] | 2006 | Retrospective case series | 4 | 2 | Anterior, posterior and combined | Fusion in all survivors |
Einsiedel et al. [14] | 2006 | Retrospective multicentric case series | 37 | 36 | Anterior, posterior and combined | 5 cases with early implant failure (all cases anterior only) |