Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spinal conditions

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-498

  Liu, Gabriel K P ^a   Wong, Hee Kit ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Spinal surgery; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; CHYLOTHORAX; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INCISION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; NEURALGIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33645320224     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.22619     Document Type: Review

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