Experimental external fixation combined with percutaneous discectomy in the management of scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 646-653

  Abe, Jun ^a,b   Nagata, Kensei ^a   Ariyoshi, Mamoru ^a   Inoue, Akio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experimental study; External fixation; Percutaneous discectomy; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; RABBITS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033119306     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199904010-00006     Document Type: Article

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