Complications of anterior spinal surgery in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-95

  Grossfeld, Stacie ^a   Winter, Robert B ^a   Lonstein, John E ^a   Denis, Francis ^a   Leonard, Arnold ^a   Johnson, Linda ^a,b  

^a Minnesota Spine Foundation   (United States)

^b Hlth E Medical Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal surgery; Children; Medical complications; Risk factors; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FUSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031030171     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199701000-00019     Document Type: Article

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