Methods and complications of anterior exposure of the thoracic and lumbar spine

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1025-1034

  Ikard, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CHYLOTHORAX; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; URETER INJURY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN DISEASE;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33750088138     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.10.1025     Document Type: Review

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