Total L-5 spondylectomy and reconstruction of the lumbosacral junction: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-111

  Gallia, Gary L ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Suk, Ian ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Spinal reconstruction; Spinal tumor; Spondylectomy

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LAPAROTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HUMANS; ILIUM; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SARCOMA; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WALKING;

EID: 34447522099     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/07/103     Document Type: Article

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