Spinous process-plasty following lumbar laminectomy as a contributing factor to spine stability

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Vrankovic D ^a   Splavski, B ^a   Hecimovic I ^a   Glavina, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0029880985     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434556     Document Type: Article

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