Surgical treatment of neck hyperextension in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by posterior interspinous fusion

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1805-1809

  Giannini, Sandro ^a,c   Faldini, Cesare ^a   Pagkrati, Stavroula ^a   Grandi, Gianluca ^a   Romagnoli, Matteo ^a   Merlini, Luciano ^b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Myopathy; Neck hyperextension; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYOFIBROSIS; MYOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCOLIOSIS; SITTING; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NECK INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746060477     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000225971.26117.bf     Document Type: Article

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