A rabbit model for nonunion of lumbar intertransverse process spine arthrodesis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Feiertag, Michael A ^a   Boden, Scott D ^a   Schimandle, Jeffrey H ^a   Norman, John T ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; arthrodesis; lumbar spine; nonunion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; JOINT MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBITS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030068541     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199601010-00006     Document Type: Article

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