Surgical correction of scoliosis in patients with generalized seizures: Risk of vertebral body fracture

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1006-1008

  DeToledo, John ^a,c   Haddad, Helena ^b   Ramsay, R Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Fairview Hosp Train Cent   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Harrington; Luque; Scoliosis; Seizures; Spinal fixation; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SEIZURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032076513     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199805010-00008     Document Type: Article

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