Laminectomy contributes to cervical spine deformity demonstrated by holographic interferometry

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-54

  Ozgur, Burak M ^a   Florman, Jeffrey E ^b   Lew, Sean M ^b   Taylor, William P ^a   Gross, Cordell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine deformity; Holographic interferometry; Laminectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFEROMETRY; LAMINECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; HOLOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037316743     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200302000-00009     Document Type: Article

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