Technique and clinical results of minimally invasive reconstruction and stabilization of the thoracic and thoracolumbar spine with expandable cages and ventrolateral plate fixation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 798-808

  Scheufler, Kai Michael ^a,b,c  

^a NeuroCenter Zurich   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mini thoracotomy; Retropleural; Spinal metastasis; Spinal trauma; Spondylitis; Thoracolumbar; Vertebral body replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; BONE PLATES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 35948937615     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298909.01754.C5     Document Type: Article

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