Thoracic and lumbar deformity: Rationale for selecting the appropriate fusion technique (anterior, posterior, and 360 degree)

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 843-858

  Liew, S M ^a   Simmons E D , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0031724732     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(05)70052-3     Document Type: Article

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