Surgical pitfalls of an ultrasonic bone curette (SONOPET) in spinal surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Kim, Kyongsong ^a,b,c   Isu, Toyohiko ^a   Matsumoto, Ryoji ^a   Isobe, Masanori ^a   Kogure, Kazunari ^b  

^a KUSHIRO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone curette; Complication; Spinal surgery; Surgical pitfall; Ultrasonic; Utility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BONE CURETTE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRILL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33750087523     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000222655.69368.19     Document Type: Article

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