Spinal instrumentation with a low complication rate

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 566-574

  Shapiro, Scott A ^a   Snyder, William ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hardware infection; Spinal instrumentation; Spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030713074     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00296-6     Document Type: Article

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