Approaching the upper thoracic vertebrate without sternotomy or thoracotomy: A radiographic analysis with clinical application

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 910-916

  Sharan, Ashwini D ^a   Przybylski, Gregory J ^a   Tartaglino, Lisa ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior thoracic spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical approach; Thoracic vertebrae; Upper thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0034655444     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200004150-00003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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