Spondylolisthesis: Classification, diagnosis, and natural history

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-124

  Ahn, Nicholas U ^b   Hammerberg, Kim W ^b   DeWald, Christopher J ^b   DeWald, Ronald L ^b   Bergin, Christopher J ^b   An, Howard S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BACKACHE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DYSPLASIA; BONE INJURY; BONE REMODELING; BRACE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METASTASIS; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0043173973     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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