Posterior arthrodesis in the skeletally immature patient: Assessing the risk for crankshaft: Is an open triradiate cartilage the answer?

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1343-1351

  Hamill, Christopher L ^b   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b   Chapman, Michael P ^b   Baldus, Christy ^b   Blanke, Kathy ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior arthrodesis; Crankshaft; Triradiate cartilage

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030920975     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199706150-00012     Document Type: Article

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