Measuring, Preserving, and Restoring Sagittal Spinal Balance

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-356

  O'Shaughnessy, Brian A ^a   Ondra, Stephen L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDICLE SUBTRACTION OSTEOTOMY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAGITTAL PLANE DEFORMITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 34249844693     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.02.008     Document Type: Review

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