Evaluation of spinal fusion using autologous anterior strut grafts and posterior instrumentation for thoracic/thoracolumbar kyphosis

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1594-1601

  Saraph, Vinay J ^a,b   Bach, Christian M ^a   Krismer, Martin ^a   Wimmer, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; Kyphosis; Posterior instrumentation; Strut grafts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS ANTERIOR STRUT GRAFT; BACK; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PAIN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PLASMACYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC KYPHOSIS; THORACOLUMBAR KYPHOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIUM; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 22544454172     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000170299.48246.28     Document Type: Article

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