Regional instability following cervicothoracic junction surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-284

  Steinmetz, Michael P ^b   Miller, Jared ^b   Warbel, Ann ^b   Krishnaney, Ajit A ^b   Bingaman, William ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervicothoracic junction; Spinal fusion; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646459999     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.4.278     Document Type: Review

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