A prospective study of laparoscopic spinal fusion: Technique and operative complications

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-90

  Mahvi, David M ^a   Zdeblick, Thomas A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029922656     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199607000-00013     Document Type: Article

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