Four year experience with the AO Anterior Thoracolumbar Locking Plate

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 286-291

  Thalgott, J S ^a,b,c,d   Kabins, M B ^a,c   Timlin, M ^e   Fritts, K ^a,b   Giuffre, J M ^b  

^a Ctr for Dis and Surg of the Spine   (United States)

^b International Spinal Development and Research Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Anterior column; AO Anterior Thoracolumbar Locking Plate; Internal fixation; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0030924248     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100399     Document Type: Article

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