The efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for anterior release and fusion in the management of pediatric spinal deformities

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 341-346

  Reilly, Christpopher W ^a,b   Slobogean, Gerard P ^a   Choit, Rachel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SEROMA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845292173     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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