Lateral extracavitary approach to the thoracic and thoracolumbar spine

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 605-612

  Graham III, Angus W ^a   Millan, Michael Mac ^a,b   Fessler, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1842415381     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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