MRI of unfused lumbar segments after spondylodesis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-587

  Breitenseher, Martin J ^a   Eyb, Richard P ^b   Matzner, Michael P ^b   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a   Kainberger, Franz M ^a   Imhof, Herwig ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Scoliosis; Spine; Spine, surgery

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; X RAY FILMS;

ABSOLUTE NUMBER; BACK PAIN; CAUSAL RELATIONS; COBB ANGLES; DISC DEGENERATION; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLODESIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLODESIS;

EID: 0030016043     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199607000-00015     Document Type: Article

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