Minimally invasive posterior thoracic fusion

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Justin S ^a   Ogden, Alfred T ^a   Fessler, Richard G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive surgery; Posterior thoracic fusion; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; THORAX SURGERY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 56649087917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/8/E9     Document Type: Article

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