Assessment of malunion in spinal fusion

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-247

  Arnold, Paul M ^a,b   Klemp, Joshua A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bony non union; Malunion; Pseudarthrosis; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR;

BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 33749243475     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000193843.38813.c0     Document Type: Review

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