The safety and efficacy of Isola-Galveston instrumentation and arthrodesis in the treatment of neuromuscular spinal deformities

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 524-543

  Yazici, Muharrem ^a   Asher, Marc A ^b   Hardacker, James W ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BRACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OSTEOTOMY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034076925     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200004000-00008     Document Type: Article

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