Surgical treatment of cervical kyphosis in Larsen syndrome: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

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Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sakaura, Hironobu ^a,d   Matsuoka, Takashi ^b   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^c   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae surgery; Infant; Kyphosis surgery; Postoperative complications; Quadriplegia surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; LARSEN SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY FILM;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SYNDROME;

EID: 33846100788     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000250103.88392.8e     Document Type: Article

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