Correction of kyphotic deformity of the cervical spine in ankylosing spondylitis using general anesthesia and internal fixation

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 540-543

  Shimizu, Katsuji ^a   Matsushita, Mutsumi ^a   Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Toguchida, Junya ^a   Ido, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; General anesthesia; Spinal instrumentation; Spinal osteotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030469257     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199612000-00013     Document Type: Article

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