Impairment of perineal care functions after long fusions of the lumbar spine

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 433, Issue , 2005, Pages 111-114

  Bafus, Todd ^a   Shea, Marie ^b   Hart, Robert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE; LUMBAR SPINE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844367453     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000150563.31880.0a     Document Type: Article

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