The low anterior cervical approach to the upper thoracic vertebrae: A decision by preoperative MR imaging

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-32

  Lakshmanan, Palaniappan ^a   Ahmed, Shabhaz Mohammad Yasir ^b   Al Maiyah, Mohammed ^a   Lyons, Kathleen ^a   Davies, Paul Rhys ^a   Howes, John ^a   Ahuja, Sashin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical approach; Thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; STERNOTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33947190546     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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