The Anterior Extrapleural approach to the Thoracolumbar junction revisited

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 372-375

  Barone, Gary W ^a   Eidt, John F ^a   Webb, John W ^a   Hudec, Wayne A ^a   Pait, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTURE; RIBS; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031896703     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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