Three-dimensional computed tomography and multiplanar reformations in the assessment of pseudarthrosis in posterior lumbar fusion patients

Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 69-75

  Lang, Philipp ^a   Genant, Harry K ^a   Chafetz, Neil ^a   Steiger, Peter ^a   Morris, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curved coronal reformations; Direct coronal CT scanning; Pseudarthrosis; Sagittal and planar coronal reformations; Spinal fusion; Three dimensional CT

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAL ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIDIRECTIONAL TOMOGRAPHY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0023949066     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198801000-00017     Document Type: Article

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