Correlation of radiologic assessment of lumbar spine fusions with surgical exploration

Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 6S, 1991, Pages S261-S265

  Brodsky, Alexander E ^a   Kovalsky, Evan S ^a   Khalil, Momtaz A ^b  

^a Institute for Spinal Disorders   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending films; Computed tomographic scans; Lumbar spine fusion; Pseudarthrosis; Roentgenograms; Surgical exploration; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0025756430     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199106001-00017     Document Type: Article

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