Complications and surgical considerations in posterior lumbar interbody fusion with carbon fiber interbody cages and steffee pedicle screws and plates

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1039-1043

  Stromberg, Lynn ^a   Toohey, John S ^a,b   Neidre, Arvo ^a   Ramsey, Michael ^a   Brantigan, John W ^a  

^a South Texas Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery Associates   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0142155168     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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