Sagittal plane decompensation

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 148-151

  Molinari, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompensation; Flat back; Kyphosis osteotomy; Outcomes; Sagittal plane

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMORBIDITY; FIXED SAGITTAL IMBALANCE; FLATBACK DEFORMITY; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; OSTEOTOMY; PEDICLE SUBTRACTION OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMITH PETERSON OSTEOTOMY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 20344370500     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000159767.67807.a9     Document Type: Review

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