Combination of luque instrumentation with polyaxial screws in the treatment of myelomeningocele kyphosis

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Kocaoǧlu, Bariş ^a   Erol, Bülent ^b   Akgülle, Hamdi ^b   Gasimov, Elviz ^b   Yalçin, Selim ^b  

^a ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kyphectomy; Luque; Myelomeningocele; Screw; Segmental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VOLUME; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KYPHOSIS; LUQUE TECHNIQUE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE FLAP; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43149107910     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318074e4c6     Document Type: Article

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