Video-assisted thoracoscopic treatment of spinal lesions in the thoracolumbar junction

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1189-1193

  Huang, T J ^a   Hsu, R W W ^a   Liu, H P ^a   Hsu, K Y ^a   Liao, Y S ^a   Shih, H N ^a   Chen, Y J ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Spinal lesions; Thoracolumbar junction; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORACOSCOPE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TIME; VERTEBRA; VIDEORECORDING;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMOTHORAX; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPES; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031469137     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900566     Document Type: Article

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