The Selection of L5 Versus S1 in Long Fusions for Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Swamy, Ganesh ^a   Berven, Sigurd H ^b   Bradford, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SACRUM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34249844378     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.01.010     Document Type: Review

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