Efficacy of different bone volume expanders for augmenting lumbar fusions

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-19

  Epstein, Nancy E ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone volume expanders; Multilevel lumbar laminectomy; Noninstrumented fusion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DURAPATITE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 36549076046     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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