Surgical Complications of Spinal Deformity Surgery

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 385-392

  Burch, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; NEUROVASCULAR INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAGITTAL DECOMPENSATION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34249821330     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.02.007     Document Type: Review

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