Osteosynthesis without instrumentation for vertebral pseudarthrosis in the osteoporotic spine

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 452-456

  Hasegawa, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Homma, Takao ^a,b   Uchiyama, Seiji ^a,b   Takahashi, Hideaki E ^a,b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 0030919745     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B3.7457     Document Type: Article

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