Spinal cord compression caused by the rod of a harrington instrumentation device: A late complication in scoliosis surgery

European Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-210

  Krodel A ^a   Rehmet, J C ^a   Hamburger, C ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Scoliosis, surgery; Spinal fusion, complications; Spinal fusion, instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030789817     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01301439     Document Type: Article

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