Thoracoscopic approach for spine deformities

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 777-779

  Krasna, Mark J ^a   Jiao, Xiaolong ^a   Eslami, Afshin ^a   Rutter, Chad M ^b   Levine, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX SURGERY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DISKECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642372249     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00755-5     Document Type: Article

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