Treatment of flexion instability of lumbar spine with graf band

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-63

  Moon, Myung Sang ^a   Moon, Young Wan ^a,b   Moon, Jeong Lim ^a,c   Kim, Sung Sim ^a   Shim, Yong Shik ^a,d  

^a Moon Kim's Inst of Orthoped Res   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Sam Sung Policlinic Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forward flexion; Graf band; Instability; Lumbar; Spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002057868     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218957799000075     Document Type: Article

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