Thoracoscopic discectomy and fusion in an animal model: Safe and effective when segmental blood vessels are spared

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 880-886

  Sucato, Daniel J ^a   Welch, Robert D ^a   Pierce, Bill ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Haideri, Nessie ^a   Bronson, Dwight ^a  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; Anterior release; Segmental blood vessels; Spinal biomechanics; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ILIAC CREST; IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LIGATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TRABECULAR BONE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSELS; DISKECTOMY; GOATS; LIGATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037089213     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200204150-00020     Document Type: Article

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