Significance of early CT evaluation after lumbar interbody fusions using recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Smoljanovic, T ^a   Bojanic, I ^b   Dapic, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN SPONGE; RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65949094599     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1499     Document Type: Letter

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