Basic science of spinal instrumentation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 335, Issue , 1997, Pages 10-31

  Goel, Vijay K ^a,c   Gilbertson, Lars G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031028882     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199702000-00003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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