Flatback Syndrome

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-294

  Lu, Daniel C ^a   Chou, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; FLATBACK SYNDROME; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT LIMITATION; LORDOSIS; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; OSTEOTOMY; PEDICLE SUBTRACTION OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL RISK;

HUMANS; OSTEOTOMY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34249792338     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.01.007     Document Type: Review

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