The morbidity of an anterior thoracolumbar approach: Adult spinal deformity patients with greater than five-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 822-826

  Kim, Youngbae B ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a,b   Kim, Yongjung J ^a   Kim, Young Woo ^a   Blanke, Kathy ^a   Stobbs, Georgia ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8233 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Anterior thoracolumbar approach; Morbidity; Patient questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650331307     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818e3157     Document Type: Article

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