Reduction of vertebral blood flow by segmental vessel occlusion: An intraoperative study using laser Doppler flowmetry

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2701-2705

  Hempfing, Axel ^a,c   Dreimann, Marc ^a   Krebs, Stefan ^a   Meier, Oliver ^a   Nötzli, Hubert ^b   Metz Stavenhagen, Peter ^a  

^a German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery   (Switzerland)

^c Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal surgery; Paraplegia; Pseudarthrosis; Segmental vessels; Vertebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 28844462984     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000188184.55255.33     Document Type: Article

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