Extended posterior circumferential approach to thoracic and thoracolumbar spine

Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-334

  Sundararaj, Gabriel D ^a   Venkatesh, Krishnan ^a   Babu, Parasa Narendra ^a   Amritanand, Rohit ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Circumferential decompression; Costotransversectomy; Extended posterior circumferential approach; Kyphosis correction; Spinal column shortening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; EXTENDED POSTERIOR CIRCUMFERENTIAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349608980     PISSN: 09346694     EISSN: 14390981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00064-009-1808-2     Document Type: Article

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