The postoperative spine

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-264

  Henk, Christine B ^a,b   Brodner, Wolfram ^a   Grampp, Stephan ^a,b   Breitenseher, Martin ^a,b   Thurnher, Majda ^a,b   Mostbeck, Gerhard H ^c   Imhof, Herwig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Hospital of the Brothers of St John   (Austria)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; Metallic implants; Postoperative spine

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKITIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAR; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0033377804     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-199908000-00006     Document Type: Article

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